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Celebrating 10 years of the Great Science Share for Schools: 835,135 young people join to explore their scientific questions
Hundreds of thousands of young people have been asking, investigating and sharing their scientific questions once again this year in the Great Science Share for Schools. Celebrating its 10th ...
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New blood test could stop melanoma patients becoming resistant to treatment
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust together with the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre and The University of Manchester has developed a new blood test that can tell doctors precisely how ...
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Geography meets urgency: Manchester hosts international Spatialising Urban Crisis Workshop
Convened by Dr Cristina Temenos, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow based at The University of Manchester, the event took place in June and served as a dynamic forum for exchange at the intersection of ...
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Dr Cristina Temenos presents research at international urban policy workshop
The invitation-only event formed part of an ongoing initiative to shape how global best practices are understood and ...
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Iran’s history has been blighted by interference from foreign powers
Israel’s recent surprise attack on Iran was ostensibly aimed at neutralising Iran’s nuclear programme, but it didn’t just damage nuclear installations. It killed scientists, engineers and senior ...
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Manchester expert helps shape landmark WHO report on global loneliness crisis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent action to tackle what it calls a global crisis of loneliness and ...
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Teens from disadvantaged areas face lower life satisfaction but not more emotional problems, new study finds
New research led by experts from The University of Manchester’s Institute of Education has shed important light on how the mental wellbeing of young people is affected by the neighbourhoods they live ...
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Game, set, and splash? Player’s timeout confers advantage, data shows
Data analysis by a University of Manchester psychologist has confirmed the suspicion that tennis players who take a bathroom break are likely to gain an advantage over their opponent. In the first ...
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Major grant to explore the discovery of Wales’ first complete ancient chariot
The University of Manchester and Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales have been awarded a £1.25 million research grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) following the discovery of an Iron ...
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New project to pioneer the principles of human genome synthesis
An ambitious new research project, SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome), is aiming to develop the foundational and scalable tools, ...
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Students build Lego Lovell Telescope to celebrate Manchester’s cosmic legacy
Students from The University of Manchester’s Physics Society have constructed a remarkable 30,500-piece Lego model of the ...