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Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
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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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Jodrell Bank's First Light Pavilion officially opened by UK ambassador to UNESCO
4 Jul 2022
Jodrell Bank’s ambitious £21.5m development, the First Light Pavilion was officially opened at a special event on the summer solstice, Tuesday 21 ...
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Manchester graduate wins Materials Science Thesis Prize
1 Jul 2022
Joe Mahmoud's thesis centred on the development of new methods for the rapid separation of americium from complex matrices.
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Manchester academics selected in Top 50 Women in Engineering
23 Jun 2022
Two University of Manchester engineers, Professors Caroline Jay and Aline Miller, have been honoured with inclusion in the Top 50 Women in Engineering...
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A modern space race needs to be built on sustainability
22 Jun 2022
Researchers have called for a more sustainable approach to the UK’s National Space Strategy in a new publication from The University of Manchester, ...
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Advanced materials and automation: manufacturing's 'dream team'
21 Jun 2022
The University of Manchester’s expertise in advanced materials and robotic systems will play a key role in driving a revolution in UK manufacturing,...
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Astronomers link 64 telescopes to observe the structure of the Universe ahead of the SKAO launch
20 Jun 2022
An international team of astronomers have for the first time combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes to detect the faint signatures of neutral...
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University hosts world’s largest energy research & social science conference
20 Jun 2022
Energy sector academics, experts, practitioners, decision-makers, advocates and business sector representatives from all across the world are ...
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Astronomers discover how galaxies form through mergers
15 Jun 2022
Astronomers in the UK announce today that have established how galaxies like our own Milky Way formed over 10 billion years of cosmic time through an ...
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First RAF drone flight using a synthetic fuel
14 Jun 2022
MIB spin-out company, C3 BIOTECH, in collaboration with the Royal Air Force and the US Navy, have successfully flown a drone using synthetic kerosene.
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First Light at Jodrell Bank wows first 1000 visitors
10 Jun 2022
Jodrell Bank’s newest attraction, the First Light Pavilion opened its doors to visitors for the first time last weekend, with over 1000 people ...
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Great Science Share for Schools helps children take climate action
8 Jun 2022
The Great Science Share for Schools (GSSfS) is a national campaign to elevate the prominence of science in the classroom.
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University honoured with national cyber security recognition
8 Jun 2022
The Department of Computer Science at The University of Manchester is thrilled to have received recognition for the MSc in Advanced Computer Science.
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Trio of Manchester scientists win Royal Society of Chemistry prizes
7 Jun 2022
Three scientists from The University of Manchester have been awarded with prestigious prizes by The Royal Society of Chemistry for their research. ...
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Dr Saralees Nadarajah shortlisted for master's teacher award
6 Jun 2022
He has been shortlisted for a Postgrad Award in the category of 'master's teacher of the year'.
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Professor Nick Higham to give International Congress of Mathematicians lecture
1 Jun 2022
Professor Higham will deliver his lecture at an overlay conference at Imperial College.
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Strange neutron star spinning every 76 seconds discovered in stellar graveyard
30 May 2022
An international team of scientists have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation ...
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Manchester spinout Chromition announces Shell Luminspheres reservoir surveillance agreement
26 May 2022
Chromition will design, prepare and test Luminspheres tracers specifically for use in Shell's reservoir environments.
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GEIC partner Watercycle Technologies secures funding for lithium extraction process
25 May 2022
Watercycle Technologies, a spin-out from The University of Manchester, has secured initial funding for an innovative technology that uses advanced ...
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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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