Lower levels of vitamin E found in people with Alzheimer’s disease
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease have lower levels of vitamin E, which could be a risk factor when determining the cause or progression of the...
Releasing young adults could be best route out of lockdown, experts suggest
Releasing people aged 20-30 years-old who no longer live with their parents could provide the first step out of lockdown in the UK, researchers...
Government urgently needs to gauge public perception of new track and trace app
Governments urgently need to understand public priorities before they roll out track and trace, according to new research.
One of the earliest studies to...
University of Manchester scientists awarded a Guinness World Record for the ‘Finest Woven Fabric’
The team of scientists at the University of Manchester have been honoured with the Guinness World Record for weaving threads of individual molecules together to...
Bio Detection dogs identify COVID-19 with up to 94% accuracy
People who are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus have a distinct odour that can be detected by trained dogs with a high degree of...
£9 million research programme to reinvent chemical separation methods and significantly cut total global...
A £9 million project to develop new chemical processing technology that could save hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has...
Manchester Trial reveals benefits of text message support on children’s bedtime routines
A proof-of-concept study of an intervention which sends support and information to parents at bedtime by text message has been shown to improve the...
Teenage BAFTA winner’s game unveiled at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum
BAFTA Young Game Designers competition award winner visited the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester on Friday to see their creative work unveiled as...
Early results of gene therapy trial for ‘childhood dementia’ show promise
Manchester Researchers will tell an international conference today that an investigational gene therapy for Sanfilippo syndrome - which leads to a form of childhood...
Astronomers find first evidence for new class of gravitational waves which could unveil origin...
After 25 years of observations, an international team of astronomers has seen the first evidence of ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves.
The waves are expected to come...