News
Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
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Manchester-India relationship continues to gather momentum
25 Jan 2023
Our university’s strong relationship with India has taken another step forward, with two high level delegations on campus in January.
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Professor Vahid Niasar elected InterPore President-Elect
23 Jan 2023
Professor Niasar will be President-Elect of InterPore for two years, starting May 2023.
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Manchester appoints Malwina Luczak with Leverhulme International Professorship win
17 Jan 2023
Professor Luczak will join as a chair in the Department of Mathematics in the School of Natural Sciences.
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Graphene CDT alumnus spinout wins Innovate UK grant for lithium extraction
16 Jan 2023
Watercycle Technologies has secured initial funding for innovative technology to extract lithium and other minerals from brines and water solutions.
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The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa receives prestigious award of the Royal Astronomical Society
13 Jan 2023
The MeerKAT team is awarded the Group Award of the Royal Astronomical Society for a series of spectacular observations in radio astronomy, the ...
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Dr Rhian Jones wins 2023 Royal Astronomical Society Price Medal
13 Jan 2023
Dr Rhian Jones has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to the study of chondrules and chondritic meteorites.
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Astronomical collaboration maps the structure of our Galaxy’s magnetic field
12 Jan 2023
Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere in the microwave range, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented the ...
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Manchester spin-out that looks to revolutionise water filtration gets £500,000 funding boost
11 Jan 2023
Molymem, a spin-out company based at The University of Manchester that is developing a breakthrough water filtration technology, which promises to be ...
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Science and Engineering: a review of our top stories
20 Dec 2022
2022 was another packed year for news from the Faculty Science and Engineering. From dinosaurs, to robots and amazing students to distant stars, here...
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Professor Stefan Güttel awarded 2023 ILAS Taussky-Todd Prize
15 Dec 2022
The prize is awarded to people who have made significant contributions to linear algebra and matrix theory.
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Manchester AI Fun team attends NeurIPS conference
13 Dec 2022
AI Fun academics from Manchester made a notable presence at NeurIPS Conference 2022 in New Orleans, USA.
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Manchester hosts MEEPS Symposium 2022
8 Dec 2022
More than 60 people from 13 universities attended the annual energy and electrical power systems symposium.
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University of Manchester and National Grid named Best Innovation in Net Zero
6 Dec 2022
National Grid and The University of Manchester have been named ‘Best Innovation in Net Zero and Sustainability’ at the E&T Innovation Awards ...
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Landmark agreement between Greater Manchester and Innovate UK to boost innovation and R&D in the city-region
2 Dec 2022
Greater Manchester’s burgeoning innovation ecosystem has taken another major step forward with the signing of an agreement with the UK's national ...
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Another impressive financial year for Manchester-born spinouts
30 Nov 2022
Ten brand new Manchester-based biomedical, science and engineering companies have been created over the past year by The University of Manchester ...
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EEE hosts PGR poster conference 2022
28 Nov 2022
The event showcases the high level and breadth of research projects undertaken by EEE students.
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Manchester AI summit aims to attract experts in advanced engineering and robotics
22 Nov 2022
The University of Manchester is launching a new specialist multi-disciplinary centre to explore developments in smart robotics through the lens of ...
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Sequencing project to unleash the biotechnology potential of single-celled algae
22 Nov 2022
Euglenoids, single-celled eukayotic flagellates, are relatively understudied, but their genomes hold great biotechnological potential. The Euglena ...
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Governments urged not to miss the boat on green fuel shipping
15 Nov 2022
New research from the Tyndall Centre at The University of Manchester highlights an urgent global need for investment in green fuels this decade to ...
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New innovation to recover hydrogen from waste could help safeguard UK energy security
9 Nov 2022
UK team reveal boost to green hydrogen ambitions to coincide with COP27 climate change summit
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UoM spin-out Watercycle Technologies wins Innovate UK grant for lithium extraction
4 Nov 2022
Watercycle Technologies – a spin-out company from The University of Manchester that specialises in recovery of scarce minerals through filtration - ...
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Henry Royce Institute headquartered at The University of Manchester receives £95m new government funding for advanced materials research and development
4 Nov 2022
At a visit yesterday (Thursday 3 November) the new Business Secretary, Grant Shapps, has announced a £95m investment to the Henry Royce Institute ...
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Prehistoric reptile casts turn out to be copies of priceless fossil destroyed in WWII
2 Nov 2022
Scientists find copies of lost fossil destroyed in WWII hiding in a US museum.
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University of Manchester and National Grid team up to develop SF6-free retrofill solution for electricity network
1 Nov 2022
National Grid and The University of Manchester are to collaborate on a four-year project to develop a full-scale demonstrator at the Deeside Centre ...
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Large Hadron Collider achieves project milestone
24 Oct 2022
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has successfully approached a proton collision point for the first time since its three-year refurbishment. The ...
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UK joins mission to search for the origins of the Universe
17 Oct 2022
The UK has joined an international astronomy mission to search the skies for cosmic origins of the universe.
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Nick Higham elected as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
14 Oct 2022
Congratulations to Nick Higham, Royal Society Research Professor and Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics, who was recently elected as one of ...
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SCI Director speaking at Conservative Party Fringe event
7 Oct 2022
He spoke alongside Akash Paun (Institute for Government), Ben Houchen (Tees Valley Mayor), Rain Newton-Smith (Confederation of British Industry), ...
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Manchester to build an interplanetary future through innovation in advanced materials and robots
6 Oct 2022
Pioneering scientists and engineers from The University of Manchester are looking to build a future in space through innovation in advanced materials ...
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How to tell if that plastic bottle or bag has recycled material in it
3 Oct 2022
Materials researchers have developed a new technique to successfully determine the recycled contents of plastic products.
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University of Manchester and The Indian Institute of Science Sign India-UK Joint Doctoral Programme and Seed Fund
29 Sep 2022
The University of Manchester and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, India are pleased to announce the launch of a joint award PhD ...
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Parkinson’s breakthrough can diagnose disease from skin swabs in 3 minutes
7 Sep 2022
A new method to detect Parkinson’s disease has been determined by analysing sebum with mass spectrometry.
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Manchester’s global challenge-tackling partnership with National Grid shortlisted for Bhattacharyya Award
5 Sep 2022
The University of Manchester’s partnership with National Grid is one of six exceptional industry-academic collaborations shortlisted by The Royal ...
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Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve extended in size to continue important research into tackling climate change
2 Sep 2022
As from today, Kinder Scout, the National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Derbyshire cared for by the National Trust, will be extended in size by 25 per cent ...
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Early Career Researchers Symposium builds bridges across Faculties
26 Aug 2022
In June 2022, Early Career Academics and researchers gathered in Manchester for the first cross-Faculty ECR conference on the environment's impact on ...
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'Tales From The future' - a new way forward for beer brewing
18 Aug 2022
‘Tales From The Future’, a beer made in a recent collaboration between researchers at The University of Manchester and Cloudwater Brew Co., will ...
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Engineering enzymes to help solve the planet's plastic problem
11 Aug 2022
Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes...
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Manchester scientists launch new interactive tool for agricultural water management and climate risk assessment
11 Aug 2022
A powerful new crop management tool has been launched today, to enable farmers, businesses, and governments to make more informed decisions about ...
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Manchester professor to co-lead new Network in materials for quantum technologies
11 Aug 2022
The Network aims to ensure that the world-leading UK materials research base, the existing National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP), and the ...
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Building a new sustainable hub for chemical engineering
1 Aug 2022
The University of Manchester is building an Industrial Hub for Sustainable Chemical Engineering with a £1m grant from the Wolfson Foundation.
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‘Fossil Fishing at the Farm’ – Jurassic marine world unearthed in a farmer’s field
29 Jul 2022
The discovery of an exceptional prehistoric site containing the remains of animals that lived in a tropical sea has been made in a farmer’s field in...
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Manchester student’s extraordinary drive recognised at House of Lords
26 Jul 2022
University of Manchester mathematics student, Jesy Luyengi was part of 22 students who were recognised at the fourth annual Student Social Mobility ...
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
22 Jul 2022
A new telescope, made up of two identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, will track down sources of gravitational waves.
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Cyborg collaboration finds 40,000 ring galaxies
15 Jul 2022
Human and machine intelligence worked together to find 40,000 ring galaxies, scientists at the National Astronomy Meeting will announce today.
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New radio astronomy survey peers through cosmic dust to investigate the Milky Way
13 Jul 2022
The first results from a mammoth astronomy project aimed at mapping out the origins of our 13.8 billion year old universe have been announced today.
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Students come together for CDT 2D Conference 2022
13 Jul 2022
The conference took place at the De Vere Cranage Estate after a two-year break due to the pandemic.
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Dr Alex Casson selected for Academy of Medical Sciences' FLIER cohort 3
6 Jul 2022
The FLIER programme is developing leaders of the future who can create collaborations across academia, industry and more.
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World's largest particle accelerator surges back to life with record-breaking run
5 Jul 2022
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator is ready to start delivering proton collisions to experiments at a record-breaking energy level after...
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Prof Jack Dongarra General Lecture to celebrate Turing Award
5 Jul 2022
The University of Manchester will host the lecture, in recognition of Professor Dongarra's achievements, on 21 July 2022.
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Large Hadron Collider project discovers three new exotic particles
5 Jul 2022
The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration has announced the discovery of three new exotic particles.
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