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Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
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Manchester experts are designing AI-powered machines tough enough to work safely in hostile hotspots
23 May 2022
A new generation of smart robots is being developed at The University of Manchester that can be trusted to think and act for themselves in some of the...
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An International conference on the advances in AI and data science returns to Manchester
12 May 2022
World-leading experts in AI and data science are set to gather in Manchester – the birthplace of the modern computer and original thought leadership...
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First UK-wide evaluation since 2014 confirms University of Manchester is a research powerhouse
12 May 2022
The University of Manchester has retained 5th place for research power - the quality and scale of research and impact - in the UK government’s ...
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Student organised walkathon aims to save our soil
11 May 2022
Last week (6 May) saw a student-led walkathon take place with the aim of raising awareness of the global degradation of one of the Earth’s most ...
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Chile’s first complete ichthyosaur recovered from a glacier in Patagonia
10 May 2022
The fossilised remains of Chile’s first complete ichthyosaur have been unearthed from a melting glacier deep in the Patagonia area of the South ...
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Energy Innovation Agency launches to accelerate Greater Manchester’s net zero transition
6 May 2022
The Energy Innovation Agency has officially launched, bringing together world-leading academic, private sector and public sector expertise to help ...
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A robot called Lyra is helping transform nuclear infrastructure inspection
26 Apr 2022
A robot named Lyra has been used to inspect a ventilation duct in Dounreay’s redundant nuclear laboratories and map radioactive materials. Lyra ...
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FSE trio reach Undergraduate of the Year final
19 Apr 2022
Jacques Burgess, Jesy Luyengi and Aneesa Riaz are among the 120 student finalists.
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Newly discovered palaeontology finds to feature in BBC One documentary Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
14 Apr 2022
A fragment of the asteroid that hit the Earth 66 million years ago and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, and the first ever fossilised remains ...
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Black Rhino extinction risk sharply increased by killing of specific female rhinos
13 Apr 2022
New research from The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Kenyan conservationists and scientists, has examined data from the Critically ...
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PSI assists materials science outreach at New Scientist Live
12 Apr 2022
PSI, Royce and Discover Materials were in attendance at New Scientist Live 2022.
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UK to build software brain for giant radio telescope
12 Apr 2022
More than £15million has been awarded to UK institutions, including The University of Manchester, which are delivering the crucial software ...
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STEM for Britain prize for Graphene NOWNANO researcher
11 Apr 2022
Alexandra Jones was awarded second place in the Dyson Sustainability Award for 'Outstanding research towards a more sustainable future'.
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Manchester launches centre to design AI-enhanced robots for real world applications
8 Apr 2022
The Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI brings together projects from across different disciplines.
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NGI shows rare physics with electrically tunable graphene device
8 Apr 2022
A research team led by The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) has developed a tunable graphene-based platform that allows ...
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Manchester scientists help to reduce COVID-19 infection risks for the most vulnerable
6 Apr 2022
Advanced computing expertise is helping to ensure hospice patients are better protected from COVID-19.
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Manchester receives £750k+ EPSRC research grant for subsurface CO2 storage
4 Apr 2022
Dr Vahid Niasar and colleagues will launch the PINCH research project.
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Five year energy innovation partnership announced with National Grid
4 Apr 2022
Researchers at Manchester will help decarbonise the electricity system in Great Britain and accelerate progress towards net zero, in a five-year ...
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Manchester researchers tackling the challenge of increasing electricity demand
4 Apr 2022
Scientists at Manchester are supporting National Grid on a project funded through the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) from Office of Gas and ...
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NASA’s Kepler telescope delivers new planetary discovery from the grave
1 Apr 2022
A new study by an international team of astrophysicists, led by the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has presented the amazing new discovery of a ...
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University of Manchester mathematician honoured with ‘Nobel Prize of Computing’
31 Mar 2022
The ACM Turing Award, which is often referred to as “The Nobel Prize of Computer Science,” and comes with a $1 million cash prize, funded by ...
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Tackling the lack of diversity in energy research
28 Mar 2022
The University of Manchester is part of a new £1.25M project working to develop a more diverse energy research community, ensuring energy research ...
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Chemical engineering graduate wins 2022 InterPore-PoreLab Award
28 Mar 2022
Dr Senyou An has been recognised for his exceptional PhD research.
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Prof Neil Ferguson discusses COVID-19 modelling and analysis at 2022 Bragg Lecture
24 Mar 2022
Professor Ferguson's work helped to inform the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pioneering graphene partnership sets the standard
22 Mar 2022
The ongoing collaboration between The University of Manchester’s graphene scientists and Northern England-based outdoor sports brand inov-8 has been...
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Rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 for a fair 1.5°C transition
22 Mar 2022
Poor countries reliant on fossil fuel revenues need more time to end production and financial support to do so.
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Graphene@Manchester picks up four prizes at CogX Festival Awards
17 Mar 2022
Graphene@Manchester and its partners enjoyed a night of success at the CogX Awards in London, winning four prizes for innovation at a gala evening in ...
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Thousands of Greater Manchester primary children investigate air quality in their local area through The University of Manchester-Royal Society partnership
14 Mar 2022
Pupils from 25 primary schools across Greater Manchester will be working scientifically to investigate air quality in their local area next week, ...
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Opening date announced for new First Light Pavilion at Jodrell Bank
10 Mar 2022
The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank is set to open its highly-anticipated First Light Pavilion on 4 June 2022.
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The start of the birth of planets in a binary star system observed
10 Mar 2022
Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail.
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University of Manchester part of £60 million investment to keep UK at the forefront of global particle physics research
10 Mar 2022
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is investing £60 million as part of its continued support to the particle physics research ...
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Tackling the skills gap - Manchester awarded funding for innovative software engineering course
8 Mar 2022
The University of Manchester is developing a new software engineering course that will help fill a skills gap in the IT sector whilst encouraging ...
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University of Manchester supporting National Grid’s Strategic Innovation Fund - Sustainable Electrical Gas Insulated Lines
8 Mar 2022
The University of Manchester is supporting a Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) from Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem).
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Physics trio take their research to Parliament
4 Mar 2022
Astrid Weston, Patrick MacGregor and Ellen Sandford are finalists in the STEM for BRITAIN poster competition.
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Manchester outlines key actions for nuclear energy
3 Mar 2022
Nuclear experts at The University of Manchester have outlined some of the key actions needed to deliver a responsible nuclear sector in the UK’s ...
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NGI uses twist to engineer 2D semiconductors with built-in memory functions
1 Mar 2022
A team of researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute and the National Physical Laboratory has demonstrated that ...
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Europe’s most ambitious innovation district cements deal
25 Feb 2022
Announced today, the ID Manchester project has taken another important step forward, with completion of the £1.5 billion joint venture between The ...
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Colossal black holes locked in cosmic dance at heart of galaxy
23 Feb 2022
Astronomers find evidence for the tightest-knit supermassive black hole duo observed to date.
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University of Manchester offers Indian master’s students fully-funded scholarships for women in STEM
23 Feb 2022
The University of Manchester is offering five fully-funded British Council scholarships for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths)...
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Prof William Parnell to give 2022 BAMC plenary lecture
17 Feb 2022
The British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC) has been running for 64 years.
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Scientists report breakthrough in transuranium actinide chemical bonding
16 Feb 2022
Scientists from The University of Manchester have managed to successfully make a transuranium complex where the central metal, here neptunium, forms a...
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The Eli and Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award 2022
14 Feb 2022
Prizes of £50,000 and £20,000 will be awarded to the individuals or teams who can best demonstrate how their technology relating to graphene or ...
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Bursary scheme in memory of local businessman to help Law and EES WP students
11 Feb 2022
The Graham McKenna-Mayes Memorial Fund seeks to support access for underrepresented groups in Higher Education.
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Manchester satellite program wins national engineering award
11 Feb 2022
Technical advances made through The University of Manchester led DISCOVERER project to create new generation satellites capable of operating at a ...
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NGI advances graphene spintronics as 1D contacts improve mobility in nano-scale devices
10 Feb 2022
Researchers at The University of Manchester may have cleared a significant hurdle on the path to quantum computing, demonstrating step-change ...
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Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies
9 Feb 2022
Researchers studying giant Amazonian waterlilies have unravelled the engineering enigma behind the largest floating leaves in nature.
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How easy is it to create oxygen from water on Mars?
8 Feb 2022
Scientists at The University of Manchester and The University of Glasgow have today provided more insight into the possibility of establishing a ...
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New fossil reveals origin of arthropod breathing system
7 Feb 2022
University of Manchester research fellow David Legg, in collaboration with a team of international scientists from China, Switzerland, and Sweden, has...
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Manchester's chemical engineering mission showcased in Serving Society series
3 Feb 2022
The Serving Society programme looks at the role of the chemical engineer, and how the sector is addressing the biggest challenges.
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Cosmic physics mimicked on table-top as graphene enables Schwinger effect
28 Jan 2022
An international research team led by The University of Manchester has succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger production of ...
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