The University of Manchester launches new robotics research centre to support a net zero...

new international research centre designed to create robotics and autonomous systems that will play a key role in the climate response has been developed...

Children with dyspraxia successfully learn everyday tasks using video technique developed in Manchester

Children with dyspraxia have successfully learned to complete everyday tasks they normally struggle with by watching videos of other children performing them, researchers at...

Salford University technologies is Mobilising efforts to tackle floods

Brand new technology developed by the University of Salford is helping tackle flood risk in the UK by enabling greater prediction of threat levels...

First radio detection of Type Ia supernova explosion captured at Jodrell Bank

After decades of trying, astronomers have found the origin of a Type Ia supernova explosion using radio emissions, thanks to the e-MERLIN telescope network...

First experts move into new world-class cancer research facility at The Christie

World-leading scientists, clinicians and operational staff are now moving into a new £150m cancer research centre at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust’s site on...

Pioneering trial of cannabinoid-based drug for brain tumours opens in Manchester and Leeds

A major UK clinical trial using cannabis-derived drugs to treat the most aggressive brain tumour has opened in Leeds and Manchester. The trial, funded by...

Aliens could already be detecting us says Manchester Scientist

Aliens on nearby stars could detect Earth through radio signals leaked from the planet, new research suggests. Scientists from The University of Manchester and the...

Based on work at Manchester University new human Zika vaccine trials begin

The first participant has received a dose of a new Zika virus vaccine being trialled by the University of Liverpool at the Clinical Research...

Scientists say Rosalind Franklin contribution to DNA discovery was greatly underestimated

A previously overlooked letter and a news article that was never published, both written in 1953, add to other lines of evidence showing Rosalind...

Thermal energy trapped in the sewer system could be used to heat our homes,...

Thermal energy trapped in the sewer system could be used to heat our homes, according to a University of Bradford professor. Professor Mostafa Mohamed is...