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2025
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December
2025
| 13:12 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is to lead a major new research collaboration to develop GPStore, a pioneering long-duration energy storage technology that could play a vital role in supporting the UK鈥檚 transition to net zero.
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17
December
2025
| 13:03 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is a partner in a major new European Commission initiative designed to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence across scientific research.
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17
December
2025
| 09:30 Europe/London
The 91直播 Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) is delighted to announce the arrival of three world-class researchers who will strengthen our mission to advance biotechnology through interdisciplinary science. Professors Gavin J Miller, Andrew
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17
December
2025
| 09:22 Europe/London
Over the past year, the Faculty of Science and Engineering has delivered a wide range of work, from pioneering research breakthroughs to impactful collaborations and well-deserved recognitions. This review highlights a selection of the top stories
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16
December
2025
| 13:23 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has played a central role in helping Rolls-Royce double the durability of some components in its jet engines operating in the Middle East.
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16
December
2025
| 10:00 Europe/London
Astronomers have captured the most detailed images ever taken of a jet launched by a young star, confirming a theoretical model that has remained untested for three decades.
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16
December
2025
| 09:30 Europe/London
The Industrial Doctoral Landscape and two Doctoral Focal Award programmes 鈥 BioProcess, BioAID, and CODE-M 鈥 will collectively fund over 100 studentships across the University and in our partner universities and businesses. They will help to address
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11
December
2025
| 11:53 Europe/London
Millions of UK social homes are at growing risk from rising temperatures and soaring energy costs and current housing and climate policies are failing to keep up, according to a new research by The University of Manchester.
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10
December
2025
| 16:00 Europe/London
In a study published today in Nature, the team demonstrate a completely new way of probing the tiny 鈥渢icking鈥 of the thorium-229 nucleus without needing a specialised transparent crystal 鈥 a breakthrough that could underpin a new class of
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09
December
2025
| 13:38 Europe/London
A University of Manchester astronomer is set to build the most detailed and accurate model of the radio sky ever built, offering new insights into the first stars, galaxies, and possibly new physics.
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03
December
2025
| 16:00 Europe/London
Scientists have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing mystery in particle physics, by finding no sign of the particle many hoped would explain it.
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01
December
2025
| 14:52 Europe/London
On the western flanks of Mount Kenya lies the Laikipia plateau, an achingly beautiful landscape that is both a refuge for wildlife and a home to traditional Masai communities. Black rhinos, which were once nearly extinct, are now thriving on some of
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24
November
2025
| 14:38 Europe/London
Tourism in Greater 91直播 generated around 2.5 million tonnes of CO鈧 equivalent in 2023, with most emissions linked to how visitors travel to and from the region, according to a new study by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at The
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24
November
2025
| 09:54 Europe/London
We鈥檙e delighted to announce that The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network has secured a new three-year contract with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), extending its vital work in monitoring and analysing work-related ill-health across
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20
November
2025
| 10:00 Europe/London
Reducing the UK鈥檚 energy demand could help the country reach its net zero target faster and at half the cost compared to relying mainly on supply-side technologies, according to new research by energy experts.
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19
November
2025
| 13:50 Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester are part of a major national initiative funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to explore some of biology鈥檚 most fundamental mysteries.
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13
November
2025
| 15:45 Europe/London
A sleepy koala may seem worlds apart from a giant Ice Age predator, but scientists have uncovered the first molecular evidence linking the two.
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12
November
2025
| 14:00 Europe/London
Scientists have developed a new way to represent the world鈥檚 cities in global climate and Earth system models (GCM & ESMs), offering a more accurate picture of how urban areas are being affected by 鈥 and contributing to 鈥 climate change.
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06
November
2025
| 10:00 Europe/London
Scientists have developed a simple, low-cost method to drive key chemical reactions, which could make large-scale drug manufacturing, faster, more accessible and affordable.
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27
October
2025
| 16:57 Europe/London
Congratulations to Professor Steve Liddle, who has been awarded the Terrae Rarae Award from the Tage der Seltenen Erden.
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27
October
2025
| 16:49 Europe/London
Leading experts in synthetic biology and technology governance recently discussed options for the governance of key technologies related to mirror organisms 鈥 synthetic organisms that could be built with mirror-image versions of the biological
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27
October
2025
| 13:50 Europe/London
140 students from across the University of Manchester took part in Startup Weekend 2025 (24th鈥26th October), a three-day entrepreneurship event hosted by the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC).
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22
October
2025
| 08:52 Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing pioneering technology to harness powerful wind in railway tunnels, turning them into renewable energy power stations. 
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15
October
2025
| 14:22 Europe/London
We are proud to share that Dr. Clara Cheung has been named Winner of the Role Model (Leadership Impact) of the Year at the Digital Women Awards 2025.As Platform Lead for Digital Safety and Health at the Thomas Ashton Institute and Reader in
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13
October
2025
| 14:48 Europe/London
On Wednesday 8 October, 11 innovative student and graduate-led startups from across the University pitched their businesses to an audience of investors, stakeholders, and supporters from the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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10
October
2025
| 01:00 Europe/London
A near-complete skeleton found on UK鈥檚 Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur - a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the ancient oceans.
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09
October
2025
| 15:42 Europe/London
A new study led by researchers from the University of Tasmania, in collaboration with international partners including The University of Manchester, has found that the environmental footprint of aquaculture feeds is influenced more by where
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25
September
2025
| 08:50 Europe/London
Two University of Manchester researchers are among the 74 leading figures elected by the Royal Academy of Engineering to its Fellowship this year.
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24
September
2025
| 13:05 Europe/London
The coiled structure of the umbilical cord 鈥 the vital link between a baby and its mother during pregnancy 鈥 plays an important role in helping to keep babies healthy in the womb, according to new research led by The University of Manchester.
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September
2025
| 14:14 Europe/London
The 91直播 Environmental Research Institute (MERI) at The University of Manchester has launched a new four-year programme that will transform how irrigation is monitored across Sub-Saharan Africa, boosting food security and climate resilience in
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