Jurassic Giant – The Largest Marine Reptile Skeleton Ever Unearthed in Britain
The fossilised remains of Britain’s largest ichthyosaur, colloquially known as a ‘Sea Dragon’, have been discovered at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve, owned and...
How exercise interventions could help people with asthma
Interventions aimed at promoting physical activity in people with asthma could improve their symptoms and quality of life – according to new research from...
Manchester trial of multi variant covid vaccine booster shows early signs of success
The first results of an early trial of a multivariant COVID-19 vaccine booster, launched in Manchester in September 2021, has shown it is driving...
New graphene-based neural probes improve detection of epileptic brain signals
New research published today has demonstrated that tiny graphene neural probes can be used safely to greatly improve our understanding of the causes of...
Exquisitely preserved embryo found inside fossilised dinosaur egg
A 72- to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilised dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between the behaviour of modern birds and...
Manchester Scientists challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Researchers at The University of Manchester have helped conduct a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
The international team including scientists...
Dinosaurs Spring to Extinction: Springtime pinpointed as the season for dinosaur extinction Manchester led...
An international team led by researchers from The University of Manchester today published in Scientific Reports a ground-breaking study that sheds new light on...
NIHR supported study that ran in Stockport publishes COVID-19 booster data
ix COVID-19 vaccines are safe and boost immunity for people who have had two doses of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech, results from the UK-wide COV-BOOST...
Manchester scientists produce new antibiotics by gene editing
Scientists have discovered a new route to produce complex antibiotics exploiting gene editing to re-programme pathways to future medicines urgently required to combat antimicrobial...
World Record Set in Manchester for Highest Voltage Fruit Battery
A new Guinness World Records® title for the highest voltage from a fruit battery has been set by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC),...