Manchester Scientists stick to spider silk for biodegradable alternative to traditional glue
Scientists have successfully produced synthetic spider silk to create a new biodegradable glue alternative.
The University of Manchester-based researchers found that their homemade synthetic spider silk...
Graphene smart textiles developed for heat adaptive clothing
New research on the two-dimensional (2D) material graphene has allowed researchers to create smart adaptive clothing which can lower the body temperature of the...
Simple COVID-19 home-test under development by Manchester biotech team
World-leading Manchester biotech researchers are working towards developing a test for COVID-19 that could be used at home like a domestic pregnancy test.
This prototype...
Greater Manchester Scientists and Clinicians form Rapid response research group to beat Covid-19
In an unprecedented move, scientists and clinicians across Greater Manchester have formed a rapid response research group to find ways to beat COVID-19 and...
Ambitious plans for Salford to become an internationally-recognised Connected Digital City revealed
Digital Salford, the collaboration of key stakeholders in the City of Salford, publishes its ambitious new Digital Strategy today; setting out some clear intentions...
Tom & Dick’s brings textiles back to Manchester’s Mayfield
Textiles has returned to Manchester’s historic Mayfield site for the first time in over a century.
Once the epicentre of Manchester’s ‘Cottonopolis’ era, the Mayfield...
Travelling light- first environmentally friendly graphene smart- case unveiled
A prototype for a graphene- based smart suitcase made of 100% of recycled plastic has been developed in collaboration with The University of Manchester.
400 million tonnes...
Manchester researcher finds Asian songbird crisis- more birds could be in Indonesian households than...
A Manchester researcher have discovered that more songbirds could be living in captivity than in the wild on the Indonesian island of Java leading...
Ancient Egyptian mummies travel to Manchester for health check-up
Two ancient Egyptian mummies have made an intrepid visit to Manchester for a state-of-the-art radiographic investigation, conducted by researchers at The University of Manchester.
The...
Manchester based trio in cancer treatment breakthrough
A trio of medical experts from Manchester have made a potentially revolutionary breakthrough for the treatment of brain tumours.
Innovate Pharmaceuticals – led by...