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Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
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GEIC partner AEH secures £3.5m for agri-tech manufacturing in Manchester
24 Jan 2022
AEH Innovative Hydrogel, the agri-tech firm founded and led by The University of Manchester alumnus Dr Beenish Siddique, has secured a £3.5m ...
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Manchester graphene scientist wins prestigious science prize
21 Jan 2022
Prof Sarah Haigh has been recognised in this year's Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.
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Visiting policy expert to focus on small modular reactors
21 Jan 2022
Professor Jeremy Rayner has joined the Dalton Nuclear Institute for four months.
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Discipline hopping across the environmental sciences
20 Jan 2022
MERI has distributed funds through the NERC Discipline Hopping call to allow ECRs to develop collaborations across the University.
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Manchester lab develop more sustainable and rapid route to future medicines
19 Jan 2022
Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed a new powerful and sustainable method of combining enzymes found in nature with non-toxic ...
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New research demonstrates the value of R&D partnerships in boosting prosperity in the North West
14 Jan 2022
Research by Oxford Economics has revealed the extent that BAE Systems contributes to the economy in Lancashire through jobs, research & ...
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Graphene Innovations Inc Manchester (GIIM) joins GEIC as new Tier 1 partner
13 Jan 2022
Graphene@Manchester has signed a new Tier 1 partner - Graphene Innovations Inc Manchester (GIIM) – a company spun out from The University of ...
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Jurassic Giant – The Largest Marine Reptile Skeleton Ever Unearthed in Britain
10 Jan 2022
The fossilised remains of Britain’s largest ichthyosaur, colloquially known as a ‘Sea Dragon’, have been discovered at the Rutland Water Nature ...
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New graphene-based neural probes improve detection of epileptic brain signals
22 Dec 2021
A new study shows that flexible brain probes made of graphene micro-transistors can be used to record pathological brain signals associated with ...
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2021's news highlights from the Faculty of Science and Engineering
22 Dec 2021
Our world-leading science and engineering at The University of Manchester has been the cause of some exciting stories this year. Whether it’s space,...
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Challenging Einstein’s greatest theory with extreme stars
13 Dec 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester have helped conduct a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
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Manchester scientists team with Hot Poets to educate on climate change
13 Dec 2021
Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation members Dr Gareth Clay and Professor David Schultz are involved in the collaboration.
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Prof Wuqiang Yang wins IEEE IMS Best Application award
13 Dec 2021
He is recognised for the impact of his work on online monitoring of fluidised beds using electrical capacitance tomography.
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University of Manchester engineer crowned Young Woman Engineer of the Year
10 Dec 2021
Aerospace Systems Lecturer, Dr Ciara McGrath, has been named the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year.
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Manchester leads on £2.5 million ecosystem services project
9 Dec 2021
The MEaSURE project brings together the Universities of Manchester, Glasgow and Salford.
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University of Manchester announces new academic partnership with GCHQ
9 Dec 2021
The University of Manchester announces a new university research partnership with GCHQ and three other universities in the North West.
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Precision sieving of gases through atomic pores in graphene
9 Dec 2021
By crafting atomic-scale holes in atomically thin membranes, it should be possible to create molecular sieves for precise and efficient gas ...
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Dinosaurs Spring to Extinction: Springtime pinpointed as the season for dinosaur extinction
8 Dec 2021
A new study published today reconstructs the time of year for the Chicxulub impact, an event that is widely accepted as a major cause behind the ...
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Graphene NOWNANO CDT hosts open day 2021
3 Dec 2021
The open day was held both in-person and remotely for prospective applicants to the PhD programme.
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Manchester involved in new project to deliver low-carbon UK heating and cooling
30 Nov 2021
The collaborative project involves Manchester researchers Professor Kevin Taylor and Dr Lin Ma.
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Three Manchester award winners honoured by Institute of Physics
30 Nov 2021
The University of Manchester is celebrating three award winners in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the annual Institute of Physics awards.
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First in-flight 100% sustainable-fuels emissions study of passenger jet shows early promise
29 Nov 2021
Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided ...
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Three University projects crowned winners at construction awards
29 Nov 2021
The University of Manchester is celebrating winning three awards at the North West Regional Construction Awards. Competing against many regional ...
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Prof Jovica V Milanović appointed to IEEE Fellows Committee and Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
29 Nov 2021
The term of the appointment to the committee is from 1 January 2022 through to 31 December 2023.
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Manchester scientists produce new antibiotics by gene editing
25 Nov 2021
Scientists have discovered a new route to produce complex antibiotics exploiting gene editing to re-programme pathways to future medicines urgently ...
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National Graphene Institute shines in list of most-cited scientists
24 Nov 2021
Researchers from Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) feature prominently in a new list of the most-frequently-cited academics in science ...
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New study shows link between weather and spread of COVID-19
24 Nov 2021
A new meta-analysis of over 150 research papers published during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the link between the weather and ...
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Cath Davies wins prestigious Papin Prize
19 Nov 2021
She has been named a winner in the Contribution to Infrastructure category.
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Aline Miller a North West finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2021
19 Nov 2021
Aline Miller has been named a finalist in the Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year category at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA) 2021
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An open letter to the Government to help tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage
17 Nov 2021
Professor Danielle George from The University of Manchester has today joined forces with over 150 world-leading engineers, scientists and technology ...
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What a good iBeer: New yeast biodiversity for brewing
17 Nov 2021
In a new study looking at the fundamentals of biology, scientists at The University of Manchester and the University of Leicester have developed ...
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Doppler effect and sonic boom in graphene devices opens new direction in quantum electronics research
8 Nov 2021
A team including researchers from The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) has revealed that sonic boom and Doppler-shifted ...
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University of Manchester becomes European centre for leading AI research
8 Nov 2021
The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) recently added The University of Manchester as a partner of its global members ...
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Gates Foundation funding for University to develop low cost manufacturing route to the promising COVID-19 therapy Molnupiravir
3 Nov 2021
The University of Manchester has received $500,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a low cost manufacturing route to ...
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Shipping emissions under existing targets will be double what’s needed to meet Paris Agreement goals
29 Oct 2021
New research from The University of Manchester shows that the current climate targets set for the international shipping are far too lax, and would ...
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Plastic-eating bacteria could help aid global recycling efforts
29 Oct 2021
Bacteria which have been shown to degrade and assimilate plastic, has been a key area of international research since 2016. Now a Manchester-based ...
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2020-21 Embedded Systems Project winners presented awards by InstMC
28 Oct 2021
The presentations were made at the InstMC North-West's annual dinner.
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New era of physics uncovered by Neutrino experiment’s first results
28 Oct 2021
A major new physics experiment has used four complementary analyses to show no signs of a theorised fourth kind of neutrino known as the sterile ...
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Turning fusion from a dream to reality: Panel discussion for Manchester Festival of Climate Action
27 Oct 2021
Manchester has hosted a panel discussion on how to make fusion power a reality.
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Scientists take a significant step forward in detecting Nanohertz Gravitational-wave background
27 Oct 2021
An international research team has today published a detailed analysis of a candidate signal for the since-long sought gravitational wave background ...
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£9 million research programme to reinvent chemical separation methods and significantly cut total global energy consumption begins
26 Oct 2021
A £9 million project to develop new chemical processing technology that could save hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions ...
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Nick Higham awarded the 2022 Hans Schneider Prize
26 Oct 2021
He is recognised for his contributions in the analysis of numerical linear algebra problems and matrix functions.
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Prof Radha Boya among 2021 Philip Leverhulme Prize winners
22 Oct 2021
Professor Boya is recognised for her work on unravelling the properties of fluids under atomic-scale confinement.
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Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Public Lecture 2021
20 Oct 2021
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE will present the 2021 Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Public Lecture
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Manchester puts energies into global challenge solution that’s close to home
18 Oct 2021
The University of Manchester, alongside the Henry Royce Institute’s Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub, is supporting the design and development ...
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Novel graphite treatment 'could reduce UK nuclear waste burden'
12 Oct 2021
Manchester researchers have discovered a non-destructive method for removing radioactivity from nuclear graphite waste.
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Cut European short-haul flights to dramatically reduce emissions according to new research
11 Oct 2021
New data curated by scientists at The University of Manchester has found that the main culprit for aviation emissions across the connected continent ...
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MP attends showcase for Manchester’s emission-busting concrete that is set to transform global construction
11 Oct 2021
A member of the Government’s Science and Technology Select Committee (STSC) discovered first-hand how material science can help the UK build back ...
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Youngest ever lavas dated from the Moon
8 Oct 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester, have been involved in an international collaboration to analyse the age and history of some of the ...
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Chinese Government Award for Dr Jingzhen Du
5 Oct 2021
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad awarded to Dr Jingzhen Du, in recognition of his record of outstanding ...
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