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Researchers discover common markers of tumour hypoxia across 19 cancer types

Unlike healthy tissues, tumours thrive in low-oxygen environments, often acquiring the ability to resist treatment and spread to other sites in the body. Despite being a well-known cause of therap...

Jan. 24

The University of Manchester’s current rankings place us among the world’s best universities.

According to the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities, we are the 34thbest university in the world, the eighth best in Europe and the sixth best in the UK.We were also ranked 80thin the world, ...

Jan. 21

Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking water

Graphene-oxidemembraneshave attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving commo...

Jan. 14

The future of the corporation

Mistrust of business remains “profound, pervasive and persistent” and we need to reframe business for the 21st century around its purpose, commitment to trustworthiness, and its culture an...

Jan. 10

Storytelling in the 21st century

As digital technology becomes ever more powerful storytelling is evolving fast, but we also need to keep a check on our mobile phone and social media use as we consume those stories. That was the som...

Jan. 07

Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement to imagine a new class of agile micro-robots

The study, conducted by researchers at *The University of Manchester, is the most advanced of its kind to date and first to use 3D CT scanning and high-speed, high-resolution cameras to record, monito...

Jan. 03

New Year Honours for University people

Professor Fiona Devinehas been made a CBE in the New Year Honours as has honorary lecturer in dentistry, Dr Claire Stevens. Fiona Devine,who was awarded her honourfor services to the social sciences,...

Jan. 02

'Human brain' supercomputer with 1 million processors switched on for first time

The world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth processor core and is being switched ...

Dec. 20

Fringe benefits: drug side effects could treat human hair loss

A new drug could ease the distress of men and women who suffer from baldness, according to researchers from The University of Manchester’sCentre for Dermatology Research. The study from the lab...

Dec. 20

Research reveals stronger people have healthier brains

A study of nearly half a million people has revealed that muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of how healthy our brains are. Dr Joseph Firth, an Honorary Research Fellow at The ...

Dec. 20