Government announces investment package for nuclear fusion
Secretary of State for Business, Andrea Leadsom MP, announced the funding package during a visit to the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Science Centre...
Burnham praises Manchester’s innovation in Graphene.
Andy Burnham, Mayor for Greater Manchester, made a fact-finding tour of facilities that are pioneering graphene innovation at The University of Manchester.
The Mayor toured...
Scientists analyse COVID-19 protein in a bid to crack genetic safeguard
A team from the University of York have produced a protein which stores and protects the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19,...
First look inside new £105m Henry Royce Institute Hub Building
Manchester's Henry Royce Institute for advanced materials research and innovation celebrated a key milestone earlier this year ahead of the new national hub becoming fully...
Playing with your cat will reduce its hunting needs
Domestic cats hunt wildlife less if owners play with them daily and feed them a meat-rich food, new research shows.
Hunting by cats is a conservation...
£400,000 funding for revolutionary digital health project using avatars to treat breathing problems
Funding has been awarded for a new digital health project which will use high-tech, personalised avatars to help treat patients with dysfunctional breathing.
Around 10%...
Manchester receives £500,000 from Bill Gates Foundation to develop route to the promising COVID-19...
The University of Manchester has received $500,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a low cost manufacturing route to Molnupiravir, a...
‘More accurate’ rapid COVID tests developed by Manchester scientists
A new COVID test that is more sensitive and works under more extreme environmental conditions than existing antibody-based tests has been developed by university...
Innovative biochemist funds scholarships at University of Salford
The University of Salford is launching a biochemistry scholarship with the generous support of Steve Pearce, CEO of Omega Ingredients Ltd.
Steve is an...
Salford Professor appearing at World’s Premiere Tech Festival
The biggest Tech Festival in the world, South by Southwest 2023 (SXSW), will have a Greater Manchester flavour this year with a virtual appearance...