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UoM researchers identify genes linked to serious heart condition

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

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

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

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

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.
Art and escapism: the positive mental impacts of creativity

Art and escapism: the positive mental impacts of creativity

Bella Jewell considers the important role that the arts play in mental health and wellbeing.
Our relationship with antibiotics: cure and concern

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?

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

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

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
Prepare for ‘possible disaster’ post-Brexit say academics

Prepare for ‘possible disaster’ post-Brexit say academics

Oxford’s Chris Gosden has led calls to tackle the crippling uncertainty for UK Institutions
Study finds that millennials are the loneliest generation

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’

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.
University of Manchester climbs 27 places in rankings of world’s most innovative university

University of Manchester climbs 27 places in rankings of world’s most innovative university

The University of Manchester has placed 53rd in Reuters’ list of the world’s most innovative universities, surging 27 places on last year.
Citizen Can: what you can do for science

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
Universities target ‘superstar’ professors in bid to boost research rankings

Universities target ‘superstar’ professors in bid to boost research rankings

Big-name professors are being recruited in a ‘transfer-market’ like system, according to new research on the impact of government research rankings
Parody Nobel Prizes: this year’s Ig Nobel Prize winners

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.
Loneliness epidemic strikes young people

Loneliness epidemic strikes young people

Research by BBC Radio 4 has identified a loneliness epidemic among young people
Scientists make breakthrough in TB treatment

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!

How severe is your asthma? Check your watch!

Research suggests that asthma treatments can be improved by considering what time it is