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The University of Manchester is marking two decades since the discovery of graphene: the Nobel Prize-winning ‘wonder material’, which was first isolated by Professor Sir Andre Geim and Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov on this day in 2004.

A team of scientists from the University of Manchester has achieved a significant breakthrough in understanding lithium-ion storage within the thinnest possible battery anode - composed of just two layers of carbon atoms. Their research, published …

Creative 91Ö±²¥ and Jodrell Bank hosted a day of literature events themed around renowned novelist and local hero Alan Garner, followed by an evening with a book reading by novelist Sarah Perry to mark the Summer Solstice.

Researchers at the National Graphene Institute have made a groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionise energy harnessing and information computing. Their study, published in Nature, reveals how electric field effects can selectively accelerate …

The Centre for AI Fundamentals and the 91Ö±²¥ unit of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) Unit have formally launched at the University. 

Scientists at The University of Manchester have produced an enhanced, ultra-pure form of silicon that allows construction of high-performance qubit devices – a fundamental component required to pave the way towards scalable quantum computers.

Researchers at The University of Manchester have successfully achieved robust superconductivity in high magnetic fields using a newly created one-dimensional (1D) system.

Three leading departmental researchers are being awarded highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) advanced grants.

Seven leading 91Ö±²¥ researchers are being awarded highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) advanced grants.

Research by 91Ö±²¥â€™s Angstrofluidics Group is exploring new perspectives in nanofluidics by pushing the boundaries of nanofabrication with angstrom-scale two-dimensional channels.

Harnessing energy stored in water from raindrops: using nanocapillaries to understand the fundamental structure and behaviour of water

Scientists have demonstrated the existence of gravity between antimatter and Earth, reaffirming Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.

Researchers have recorded the most precise measurement yet of the magnetic moment of the muon, entering a new realm in the search for new interactions that govern our Universe.

A team of researchers from The University of Manchester have revisited in a study published in Nature one of the most ancient materials on Earth – graphite, and discovered new physics that has eluded the field for decades.

Professor Chris Parkes recently completed his term as leader of the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, one of the four large experiments at CERN’s 27km Large Hadron Collider, the world’s highest energy particle collider. 

An international team of researchers from The University of Manchester, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research of Mainz (Germany), and the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2, Spain), reports in a study published in …

Scientists have made a significant advancement with quantum technologies that could transform complex systems modelling with an accurate and effective approach that requires significantly reduced memory.

Two researchers from The University of Manchester have won a 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Rising Talents Award.

On 25 April 2023, Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS, FRAS, FInstP., celebrated his 100th birthday. Sir Francis, or Graham as he is known to friends and colleagues, was the second Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, taking over from Sir Bernard Lovell …

The NSSC at 91Ö±²¥ attracted over 600 attendees and more than 40 invited speakers.

This February sees the launch of Collision: Stories from the science of CERN, the culmination of a unique, two-year-long collaboration between fiction writers and pioneering physicists.

AI Fun academics from 91Ö±²¥ made a notable presence at NeurIPS Conference 2022 in New Orleans, USA.

Professor Kieran Flanagan has been awarded the 2022 Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has successfully approached a proton collision point for the first time since its three-year refurbishment. The successful implementation of the new Vertex Locator (VELO), which was partly built in 91Ö±²¥ offers a …

National Graphene Institute researcher Professor Coskun Kocabas is among six world-leading scientists shortlisted for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) prestigious A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize, worth £350,000.

The world’s most powerful particle accelerator is ready to start delivering proton collisions to experiments at a record-breaking energy level after three years of upgrade and maintenance work.

The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration has announced the discovery of three new exotic particles.

A research team led by The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) has developed a tunable graphene-based platform that allows for fine control over the interaction between light and matter in the terahertz (THz) spectrum, …

Professor Ferguson's work helped to inform the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is investing £60 million as part of its continued support to the particle physics research community in the UK.