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Two Manchester researchers honoured for outstanding global impact through international collaboration

Two Manchester researchers, Professor Bruce Grieve and Professor Hujun Yin, were recognised with the Pioneering UK-US Breakthroughs (PUB) award, by the UK Research and Innovation in the British ...
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Infected Blood Inquiry Memorial goes to University of Manchester

The formal handover of the Inquiry Memorial to the University of Manchester will take place on Tuesday 24 March. The University is providing a permanent home for the Inquiry Memorial. The Inquiry ...
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Carbon-trapping rocks demonstrate Earth’s natural ability to store carbon dioxide

Researchers have shed new light on how a unusual rock formation in Oman was created, which could reveal new details about the Earth’s ability to store carbon dioxide (CO2) for millions of years.The ...
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Biotechnology spinout Cytotrait secures £3M seed funding to address global food security and sustainable agriculture

Cytotrait, a biotechnology spinout from The University of Manchester commercialised with support from the University of Manchester Innovation Factory, focused on the development of novel traits for ...
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Study reveals worrying extent of imprecise gene and gene mutation naming

A systematic review of 52 scientific papers submitted to a world-leading clinical genetics journal from multiple scientists over a two-year period reveals that not a single one named critical gene ...
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Five Manchester academics become Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

The Academy of Social Sciences has elected five experts from The University of Manchester as Fellows in recognition of their ...
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University of Manchester spinout wins business award

A University of Manchester spinout company which helps older people to improve their balance, stay stronger, safer and more independent has been named Product of the Year at the 2026 BioNow Awards.The ...
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Large area MoS₂ reduces energy loss in magnetic memory films

Scientists at the University of Manchester have discovered that placing magnetic films on atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) fundamentally changes how they lose energy, a finding that could ...
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Researchers create a never-before-seen molecule and prove its exotic nature with quantum computing

An international team of scientists from IBM, The University of Manchester, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, EPFL and the ...
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Arrival of Homo Erectus may have triggered Mosquitoes’ taste for human blood

The arrival of substantial numbers of early human ancestors (Homo erectus) in the Southeast Asian prehistoric landmass of Sundaland, approximately 1.8 million years ago, likely triggered an ...
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Scientist’s powerful book exposes brutal realities faced by women and girls

A powerful new book - 15 years in the making- has exposed the brutal realities faced by millions of women and girls in South Asia, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, where they are still widely ...
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Ceremony pays tribute to those who gave their bodies to science

The University of Manchester has held a service of thanksgiving at the prestigious Whitworth Hall for the public spirited individuals who in 2024 and 2025 gave their bodies to medical science.The ...