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UoM researchers develop cheap graphene inks

UoM researchers develop cheap graphene inks

A Manchester-based research team have developed a potentially groundbreaking method for producing graphene
Research suggests babies can pick out words in speech

Research suggests babies can pick out words in speech

International scientific research collaboration has found evidence revealing that humans are born with the innate skills to pick out words from language
Exclusive: Inside the Unit with emus on treadmills

Exclusive: Inside the Unit with emus on treadmills

The Unit features thousands of mice, rats, and fish to help research in dementia, Alzheimer’s, and cancer among others
Chinese New Year special: science and the pig

Chinese New Year special: science and the pig

Chinese New Year is right around the corner, and contributor Ella Gerry takes the opportunity to explore the significance of the pig in science research.
Science research has caused Spice to become such a big problem

Science research has caused Spice to become such a big problem

The synthetic drug problem across Europe and North America has been created inadvertently by scientific journals’ research
GPs prescribe more opioids in North West

GPs prescribe more opioids in North West

Study by UoM suggests Northern GPs more likely to prescribe opioids, in the latest indicator of regional socioeconomic divides
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.