Ancient footprints on Lancashire beach record demise of a biodiversity hotspot
team of archaeologists and geographers from The University of Manchester have discovered that hundreds of ancient animal and human footprints found on a beach...
Can you help? Scientists are looking for Manchester volunteers in a new dementia/Alzheimer’s pollution...
Scientists are searching for volunteers in the Manchester area with a family link to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease to help them better understand the...
Manchester study improves accuracy of predictive breast cancer genetic test for Ashkenazi Jewish women
Manchester researchers have developed a way to improve the accuracy of breast cancer genetic testing for women from Ashkenazi Jewish backgrounds.
New forms of genetic...
Major newly discovered Turing papers: the wartime ‘Delilah’ project are sold at auction
The most important and extensive collection of Alan Turing's autograph material to come to auction, including over 40 pages of working notes and mathematics...
Nanobots pass first stage in ‘fantastic voyage’ from fiction to fact
A team of scientists have created a new generation of tiny remote controlled nanorobots which could one day allow doctors to diagnose disease and...
Manchester Scientists crack the mystery of how spiders jump on their prey
Scientists at the University of Manchester have unlocked the secrets of how some predatory spiders catch their prey whilst hunting by successfully training one...
Do these dogs look healthy to you?
A MAJOR study into healthy ageing in dogs is seeking more help from the public.
Wildlife conservation experts at the University of Salford want people to...
Oldham medic’s new scientific test could improve the health of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers
Oldham based doctor, James Bluett, has developed a new blood test which could help local rheumatoid arthritis patients to better manage their illness by...
BBC reinvents news for smart speakers with UK’s first interactive voice news service
With more people using smart speakers than ever before, the BBC is reinventing the way it delivers news on voice devices.
Today the BBC is...
Yes it’s true-Seagulls prefer our food to hunting for their own
It’s what we have suspected but it has now been confirmed that Seagulls would rather steal food from humans than find it themselves, scientists...