University of Manchester Articles
£4.7m collaborative Zika vaccine project launches
The University of Manchester launches a collaborative project to find viable vaccines against Zika virus to protect pregnant mothers and their unborn children
The Loneliness Experiment launched
A University of Manchester psychologist leads an experiment which aims to explore what loneliness looks like in our world today
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
UoM part of new government ‘Institute of Coding’
The £20 million consortium of universities and industry leads aims to fill the UK digital skills gap
UoM study finds sandwiches have same environmental impact as cars
Research by the University of Manchester finds that national UK sandwich consumption has equivalent carbon footprint of 8 million cars
Jodrell Bank Observatory nominated to be World Heritage Site
UK puts forward home of the Lovell telescope and the world’s earliest radio astronomy observatory for World Heritage status
Robot scientist aids drug-resistant malaria treatment discovery
AI robot, Eve, helped researchers at The University of Manchester and Cambridge to find that a toothpaste ingredient is effective against a drug-resistant malaria parasite