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£4.4M investment to aid the fight against antibiotic resistance

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has received a £4.4M investment as part of the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) latest commitment in the fight against antimic...

Aug. 06

3D printable 2D materials based inks show promise to improve energy storage devices

For the first time, a team of researchers, from theSchool of Materialsand theNational Graphene InstituteatThe University of Manchesterhave formulated inks using the 2D material MXene, to produce 3D pr...

Aug. 01

Helping robots to build new antibiotics

A team fromThe University of Manchesterhave engineered a common gut bacterium to produce a new class of antibiotics by using robotics. These antibiotics, known as class II polyketides, are also nat...

Jul. 24

Alan Turing will be face of new £50 note

Alan Turing will be the next face on the £50 note the Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, announced today (Monday, 15 July). Making the announcement at the Science and Industry Museum in Man...

Jul. 17

How much is your summer BBQ damaging the environment?

A typical summer barbecue* for four people releases more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than an 80 mile car journey, according to a group of scientists studying the impact of food choices on the...

Jul. 15

University of Manchester ranks in European top 10 for teaching excellence

The University of Manchester remains among the best European universities for teaching excellence in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE)Europe Teaching Rankings. For the second year runnin...

Jul. 12

Jodrell Bank added to UNESCO World Heritage List　

Jodrell Bank Observatoryin Cheshire has been added to theUNESCOWorld Heritage List. The observatory becomes the 32nd UNESCO World Heritage Site in the UK and joins the prestigious list alongside ...

Jul. 08

Trial starts for phone app which uses light, sound and brainwaves to treat pain

Scientists at The University of Manchester are developing a smartphone applicationconnected to goggles which flash light at a special frequency to tune patients’ brains in a ground-breaking trea...

Jun. 28

Manchester reaches highest ever place in latest university world rankings

The University of Manchester has moved up two places to reach its highest ever position in this year’sQS World University Rankings. Manchester is now listed as theworld’s 27th best univer...

Jun. 19

Four ways your name can affect your job prospects

What’s in a name? A lot, according to research. Your name can have a huge influence on your prospects in life. Much of this is due to bias, stereotyping and other rules of thumb that people empl...

Jun. 14