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A new physics-informed machine-learning method could help researchers find two-dimensional materials with unusual electronic properties more quickly and with fewer calculations.

Researchers hosted by The University of Manchester have secured eight Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships under the 2025 Horizon Europe call, underlining the international strength of its research environment and …

Researchers have developed a catalyst system that converts methanol, carbon dioxide and hydrogen into ethanol using stable, commercially available catalyst precursors, offering a potential route towards lower-cost industrial production.  

Liverpool’s year as the first UN Climate Change Accelerator City has shown that the cultural sector can be a powerful driver of climate action, but cities need the right expertise, data, governance and infrastructure to deliver lasting change, …

Manchester astronomers are celebrating the launch of the Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) which began last week from a mountaintop in Chile.

New research has revealed that water behaves differently when confined to spaces just one molecule thick. For the first time, scientists have directly measured the vibrational signatures of truly two-dimensional …

The University of Manchester will play a leading role in delivering new national infrastructure for UK life sciences.

The University of Manchester’s annual Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture was delivered this year by Hon. Julia Gillard AC, Chair of the Wellcome Trust and former Australian Prime Minister. Julia became Chair of the Wellcome Trust in 2021, having left …

Researchers from The University of Manchester are advising Parliament on the growing energy and environmental impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and data centres, as part of a new inquiry into their implications for the UK’s net zero …

The University of Manchester and United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalising a wide-ranging partnership to advance nuclear science, grow the UK's nuclear workforce, and strengthen …

Researchers at The University of Manchester in collaboration with Hebei University of Technology have identified how a new class of catalyst can break down lignin – one of the most abundant components of plant biomass – into useful chemical building …

A researcher from The University of Manchester has contributed to a major World Health Organization (WHO) update revealing that global progress on reducing air pollution has slowed, with low- and middle-income countries continuing to face the …

Researchers have directly visualised thorium–thorium bonding using Hirshfeld atom refinement, providing experimental evidence of how these atoms share electrons in systems where this has been difficult to prove. 

A researcher at The University of Manchester has been awarded a £1.9 million EPSRC Open Fellowship to develop new approaches for scaling up advanced 2D materials technologies for future electronic and quantum devices.

A scientist from The University of Manchester, has been named winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize.Dr Conrad Goodwin was awarded the prize for the development of innovative methods in synthetic rare earth …

New research shows concrete can react and become a long‑term sink for strontium-90, particularly when exposed to air or treated with phosphate. This means crushed concrete from legacy nuclear facilities could play a far …

A researcher at The University of Manchester has been awarded a prestigious £3m European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant to develop new ways of controlling matter at the atomic scale.

Manchester scientists have shown how a plasma-based approach, using non thermal plasma can prevent catalyst deactivation in a key hydrogen production reaction, maintaining stable performance for 30 hours.

Researchers at The University of Manchester have played a key role in a new scientific release from the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission, unveiling the most detailed photo ever made of our Milky Way galaxy’s centre in visible light.

Researchers at The University of Manchester have uncovered how plants and soil microbes divide up nitrogen in alpine ecosystems, helping explain how these communities coexist in nutrient limited environments.

Researchers at The Manchester Institute of Biotechnology have developed a new approach to designing materials that control how ice crystals grow, opening up new possibilities for cryobiology, food storage and anti‑icing technologies.

Scientists from the National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester and Sun Yat-sen University, have captured the growth of semiconducting tellurium nanostructures in liquid in real time, revealing how tiny seed particles form, grow into …

Researchers at the National Graphene Institute, in collaboration with the National University of Singapore, have shown that the magnetic behaviour of electrons in graphene can be precisely controlled using electricity, revealing …

Researchers from The University of Manchester have been recognised as part of an international team awarded a Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Horizon Prize for advances in solid-state battery technology. 

More than one million pupils from 58 countries have been asking, investigating and sharing the scientific questions that matter to them through The University of Manchester’s Great Science Share for Schools campaign.

The University of Manchester is pleased to announce that Professor Steve Eichhorn FREng will take up the position of Director of the Henry Royce Institute at Manchester in November this year. This is a significant leadership role at the heart …

A University of Manchester student has developed a powerful new ultra‑lightweight tool that can turn dark, noisy footage into clear, detailed and usable images.

Scientists have shed light on a thermal process in magma that may help explain why similar volcanic systems can produce very different eruptive behaviours.An international team, led by The University of Manchester, studied magma from the 2021 …

A University of Manchester astronomer has led a major international overhaul of the rules that would govern how scientists announce evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence to the world.

A looming public health crisis may be spreading from Britain’s fields to its hospitals, a experts  -which include University of Manchester scientists-  have warned — with common farm chemicals potentially fuelling deadly infections .