University of Salford Awarded over £3 million from Research England for robotics research
The University’s North of England Robotics Innovation Centre (NERIC) has been awarded £3.6 million Research England Development (RED) funding from Research England, part of...
Royal Society award for Manchester Professor
The Royal Society is awarding Professor Danielle George the prestigious Michael Faraday Prize.
The award is given to scientists and engineers who show unparalleled dedication...
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...
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...
Vaccine is doing everything we expected say scientists
AstraZeneca's Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has successfully provoked a strong immune response in human cells, according to a detailed analysis carried out by independent UK scientists.
The...
Study predicts where new coronaviruses might come from
The potential scale of novel coronavirus generation in wild and domesticated animals may have been highly underappreciated, suggests new University of Liverpool research.
Published in Nature...
Technology has not been the swift ‘job destroying tsunami’ many predicted, and more of...
Fears about robots taking people’s jobs are overplayed, as their negative impacts on some people’s pay and jobs have been offset by gains elsewhere,...
School pupils work with university experts to promote mental health
Students from a Altrincham Girl's Grammar School have worked with educational psychologists from The University of Manchester to develop an accessible and appealing mental...
Vitamin deficiency puts cancer cells “into hibernation say Salford Uni scientists
CANCER stem cells can be put “into hibernation” by a little-known drug called diphenyleniodonium – or DPI – according to researchers from the University...
Mayor of Greater Manchester launches ‘New Scientist Live’ at Manchester Central today!
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says the city-region has a crucial role to play in developing the next generation of scientists as he...