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UoM researchers identify genes linked to serious heart condition
The prevalence of tetralogy of Fallot is estimated to be one in 3,000 live births
Still at work: Stephen Hawking
The paper details the core of a paradox Hawking has been working on for 40 years
DNA sequencing: a bias against some
Modern techniques in DNA sequencing are becoming increasingly advanced. Wasim Askar looks at how DNA tests are used by states, companies, and people.
Physics Without Frontiers
Dr Kate Shaw visit the University to talk about Physics Without Frontiers, an international effort to develop research in disenfranchised countries.
Obituary: Professor Paul O’Brien
We honour Professor Paul O’Brien, a professor of Inorganic Materials at the University, for his invaluable contributions to science and society.
Our relationship with antibiotics: cure and concern
Tom Allen looks at antibiotics, and if it is time to reform the way in which we use them
A Scientific Take: is there a place for military funding in scientific research?
Anish Gulati and Jacklin Kwan discuss the effects of military funding in science research, and whether it should have a place in STEM
North-South divide in early deaths linked to poverty
Research at the University of Manchester has linked socioeconomic deprivation to the divide in early deaths between the North and South of England
Memory loss can be slowed with hearing and visual aids
Research from academics at the University of Manchester has linked the treatment of age-related cognitive decline with aiding vision and hearing
Study finds that millennials are the loneliest generation
Nearly half of all millennials feel loneliness ‘often or very often’ according to a BBC Radio 4 study, the largest of its kind to ever have been conducted
Witnessing the first ‘cosmic sonic boom’
Astronomers at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics have detected interstellar gamma ray bursts using indirect methods for the first time.
Citizen Can: what you can do for science
What are the best citizen science projects you can do on your computer? Toby James looks at getting involved as an average science enthusiast
Parody Nobel Prizes: this year’s Ig Nobel Prize winners
Wasim Askar celebrates the research of this year’s Ig Nobel award winners: human-cannibalism, fruit flies, road rage, rollercoasters, and voodoo dolls.
Scientists make breakthrough in TB treatment
Potential solutions have been discovered that help to treat tuberculosis (TB), an airborne disease. Tuberculosis is a disease that affects the lungs, and is one of the most prevalent diseases in India and parts of Africa. This disease occurs in approximately 33 per cent of the global population. Science journals report that around 1.6 million […]
How severe is your asthma? Check your watch!
Research suggests that asthma treatments can be improved by considering what time it is