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...

Manchester hospital reaches major milestone in NHS research to protect babies from deadly infection

More than 1,100 pregnant women on the North Manchester site of Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service, part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)),...

Salford at forefront of UK space robotics

THE UNIVERSITY of Salford is to be at the forefront of the UK’s new drive to develop space-focused artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, as...

Technology used to map Mars developed in Manchester is now measuring effect of treatment...

A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed at The University of Manchester, has now...

Jodrell Bank Observatory release 50 year-old audio archive of Soviet Zond 6 lunar mission

Jodrell Bank are releasing recordings of a Soviet space mission from fifty years ago, just as the race to the Moon was approaching the...

Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub opens in Manchester

A new facility to transform manufacturing processes and make them more environmentally friendly, has opened today (13 June 2019), as part of a new...

Breakthrough for biofuels that could be made from seawater rather than crude oil

Researchers from The University of Manchester are using synthetic biology to explore a more efficient way to produce the next generation of bio-based jet...

Royal award for Manchester Institute of Bio Tecchnology

The Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) has collected a prestigious award at a special ceremony held at Buckingham Palace earlier this week Staff and students...

Government strategy could lead to more local epidemics

The Government  should take “all necessary measures” to control the coronavirus through suppression rather than managing its spread, a group of scientists said. The so-called...

Manchester finds cure found for rare form of inflammatory bowel disease

A rare genetic condition which causes inflammatory bowel disease can be successfully treated by bone marrow transplant, according to University of Manchester and Manchester...