University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.

Graphene can be used to cost effectively recycle gold from electronic waste

Turning methane into methanol under ambient conditions using light: The ‘holy grail of catalysis’

A drug-resistant mould is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people’s lungs

Paving the way for a new generation of antibiotic treatments using gene editing

Putting plastic eating bacteria on the global recycling menu

How to reduce clinical autism diagnosis of babies by two-thirds using therapy that boosts social development

Building blocks for Moon and Mars habitats: Cosmic concrete made from space dust and astronaut blood

Intelligent cameras that can learn to understand what they are seeing start to come into focus

A radical new way of understanding how to build robotics systems

A new protein linked to age-related macular degeneration offers hope for diagnosis and treatment

New antiviral materials made from sugar can destroy viruses on contact

Capturing and converting a toxic gaseous air pollutant into a useful industrial commodity using only water and air

A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas stream and converted into useful industrial chemicals using only water and air thanks to a new advanced material developed by an international team of scientists. New research led by The University of Manchester, has developed a metal-organic framework (MOF) material that

Capturing and converting a toxic gaseous air pollutant into a useful industrial commodity using only water and air

Hearts can be programmed to survive without oxygen

University of Manchester and University of North Texas scientists are the first to show that an embryonic living heart can be programmed to survive the effects of a low oxygen environment in later life. The BBSRC funded study of juvenile Common Snapping Turtles for the first time explains the heart’s biological mechanisms which help Turtles

Hearts can be programmed to survive without oxygen

An idea that could benefit millions of chronic pain sufferers worldwide

Scientists at The University of Manchester are developing a smart phone application connected to goggles which flash light at a special frequency to tune patients’ brains in a ground-breaking treatment for chronic pain. The phone app being developed by the team will eventually allow patients to choose between light, audio, or ‘neurofeedback’ treatments for pain.

An idea that could benefit millions of chronic pain sufferers worldwide

Could the internet be changing the brain?

An international team of researchers from Western Sydney University, Harvard University, Kings College, Oxford University and University of Manchester have found the Internet can produce both acute and sustained alterations in specific areas of cognition, which may reflect changes in the brain, affecting our attentional capacities, memory processes, and social interactions. In a first of

Could the internet be changing the brain?

Revolutionizing the future of aircraft design

For the first time in aviation history, an aircraft has been manoeuvred in flight using supersonically blown air, removing the need for complex movable flight control surfaces. In a series of ground-breaking flight trials that took place in the skies above north-west Wales, the MAGMA unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrated two innovative flow control technologies

Revolutionizing the future of aircraft design

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New 'globally-leading' Institute of Sport officially opens at university
The new Institute of Sport, launching at Manchester Metropolitan University's All Saints Campus aims to bring together pioneering research, partnerships and teaching in sport, exercise and health.
The Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement report
In 2020, the Scott Trust commissioned an academic review into the founding of the Guardian in 1821 by John Edward Taylor and his financial backers. That investigation is now complete, and here we ...
The Guardian and slavery: what did the research find and what happens next?
The Scott Trust has apologised and announced a programme of restorative justice after identifying the Guardian founders’ links to transatlantic slavery ...
Flinders University- “University AUKUS” to drive skills and jobs
South Australia will become a home for international nuclear expertise ahead of AUKUS submarine construction, with Flinders University striking agreements with leading nuclear science and technology u ...
A major feature of the ‘Manc’ accent is disappearing – but not in North Manchester
New research by an expert at The University of Manchester has found that a major aspect of the traditional ‘Manc’ accent is still going strong in northern parts of the city, but is disappearing from ...

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Lest we remember: how Britain buried its history of slavery
Slavery is a central and indisputable fact of the nation’s past. But our failure to remember what really happened is more than mere forgetfulness ...
Mason Greenwood ‘almost left Man Utd’ as his career hangs in the balance after rape case against him was dropped
Those charges were dropped last month, with the Crown Prosecution Service blaming the withdrawal of key witnesses and discovery of ... The £75,000-a-week Manchester United striker is expecting his ...
10 things we know (or think we know) about megaliths
There are 35,000 examples of megaliths in Europe, with the earliest, in Western France, dating back to 4700 BC. Meanwhile, examples in western Britain and Ireland go back to around 3900 BC. Megalith ...
House on Mars soon? 'Cosmic concrete' is UK scientists' bet
This novel substance exhibited a compressive strength of 72 Megapascals (MPa), which surpasses that of regular concrete's 32 MPa by more than twofold.
Three Leadership Secrets From Nobel Prize Winners
Nobel Prize winners endured untold obstacles to differentiate themselves from some of the smartest people on the planet. And the techniques they employ to rise to the top hold lessons that every ...