Captured from Space

This is a picture of the North West taken by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A satellite captured on 5 January 2017. The dark area near the...

New device being developed in Salford could change lives of children born without arms

A NEW device being developed at the University of Salford could help thousands of children across the world born without arms. Researchers are creating a...

So why do some animals have bones in their penis?

University biologists have used innovative 3D scanning and engineering-inspired computer simulations to help solve the mystery of why some species of male mammals evolved...

Antibiotic cocktail stops cancer cells from ‘motoring’

SCIENTISTS at the University of Salford have found a way to make cancer stem cells reproduce defectively “like cars without engines”. Professor Michael Lisanti said...

Full Steam Ahead as building work commences to restore the Science and Industry Museum’s...

The Science and Industry Museum will this week start to take receipt of over 1000 tons of materials as major repair work begins to...

Breakthrough research offers new hope to lupus patients

A ‘life-changing’ potential new drug could be available to lupus patients in the future thanks to ‘breakthrough’ research. The results of the TULIP II study...

COVID-19: genetic network analysis provides ‘snapshot’ of pandemic origins

Researchers from Cambridge, UK, and Germany have reconstructed the early “evolutionary paths” of COVID-19 in humans – as infection spread from Wuhan out to...

A pioneering new payment service will be trailed in Manchester’s Lowry Hotel River Restaurant,...

A pioneering new payment service will be trailed in Manchester’s Lowry Hotel River Restaurant, in the city that gave birth to Graphene, the world’s...

Salt battery design overcomes ‘bump’ in the road to help electric cars go the...

Using salt as a key ingredient, Chinese and British researchers have designed a new type of rechargeable battery that could accelerate the shift to...

Greener and Cheaper-How Manchester’s wonder material Graphene is solving concrete’s problem

A joint venture between graphene specialists at The University of Manchester and alumni-led construction firm Nationwide Engineering has developed a product that could revolutionise...