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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
Venting on social media lowers self-esteem, study finds
New research provides a new perspective on the effect of social media usage on mental health
Evolutionary understanding takes flight thanks to baby bird fossil
A University of Manchester palaeontologist reveals the diversity of avian evolution using one of the smallest bird fossils ever discovered
Massive uprooting of campus greenhouses
This summer, the University of Manchester’s botanical research facilities are set to undergo major renovations
Manchester researchers find Twitter helps understanding of side-effects
Recent research of over 20 thousand tweets has shown that patients worry the most about less-serious effects of steroid medecines
University team forges new research opportunities and development in India
The team of academics from the medical and various science departments provided support in the founding of a new medical school and committed to new joint research projects
UoM creates new test that could help prevent breast cancer
Women with a family history of breast cancer are on track to be able to be tested for risks
University of Manchester scientists design nanorobot that can build molecules
Professor David Leigh and his research team have worked together to create a robot that can be programmed to carry out basic chemical reactions
Scientists are facing a ‘reproducibility crisis’
90 per cent of scientists are in fear of losing funding after results become harder to reproduce