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2026
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August
2026
| 10:08 Europe/London
Scientists have redefined how the key blood鈥慶lotting protein fibrinogen behaves when it contacts air, overturning two decades of scientific consensus on wound healing.
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19
August
2026
| 15:51 Europe/London
Most people in the UK already monitor their own health and wellbeing, and an overwhelming majority would be happy to do more if advised by the NHS, according to a new University of Manchester led study
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17
August
2026
| 20:37 Europe/London
Researchers from the Universities of Manchester, Oxford and Arkansas are urging scientists to stop treating 鈥渘on-significant鈥 results as proof that nothing happened.
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17
August
2026
| 16:47 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has maintained its place among the world's leading universities, retaining its position in the UK's top six and as one of Europe's highest-ranked institutions in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
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17
August
2026
| 14:00 Europe/London
The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, along with the MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology, have announced the appointment of leading immunologist and cytokine biologist Prof. Sarah Gaffen as the new institute director.
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17
August
2026
| 08:00 Europe/London
China鈥檚 dominance of batteries, electric vehicles and solar power is helping drive global decarbonisation - but creating tensions with the UK and other Western economies
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14
August
2026
| 10:29 Europe/London
Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology have developed a simple method to transport normally impermeable sugar molecules into cells, opening up new opportunities to study their roles in biology and disease and to make new therapies.
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13
August
2026
| 10:58 Europe/London
Researchers have shown that unusual thorium clusters respond to magnetic fields in a fundamentally different way than expected, helping to explain a long-running disagreement between experiments and computer models.
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12
August
2026
| 15:36 Europe/London
This FAQ provides further information about the facilities, their role in UK astronomy, and the potential implications of the proposed changes.
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12
August
2026
| 14:23 Europe/London
The Center for Open Science (COS) has announced changes to OSF (Open Science Framework), which will affect how researchers use the platform for project management, collaboration, file storage, and sharing.OSF has been a valuable tool for many
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12
August
2026
| 13:51 Europe/London
The two-day event provided an excellent forum for sharing research achievements, showcasing emerging work through talks and posters, and further developing underpinning SEDCOE.Through a series of engaging discussions and workshop activities,
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12
August
2026
| 13:49 Europe/London
Professor Dame Fiona Rayment, the Dalton Nuclear Institute鈥檚 BNFL Chair in Nuclear Policy and Capability, and one of the UK's leading nuclear scientists, has built a career defined by scientific curiosity, technical excellence and a commitment to
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12
August
2026
| 01:00 Europe/London
Despite national efforts to improve acute kidney injury (AKI) care, thousands of patients in England are missing vital follow-up care after leaving hospital, according to new research by The University of Manchester
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11
August
2026
| 15:45 Europe/London
A new study has found that sexual role identities among men who have sex with men vary systematically by age and geographic region.
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11
August
2026
| 15:27 Europe/London
Government plans to make the UK a world leader in artificial intelligence could worsen existing problems around productivity
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11
August
2026
| 11:38 Europe/London
A University of Manchester led national initiative aims to connect people with lived experience, industry, researchers and the NHS to transform mental health innovation across the UK
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11
August
2026
| 11:14 Europe/London
Press release written by the Open Journals Collective and originally posted on their website:University of Manchester Library joins the Open Journals Collective 鈥 Open Journals CollectiveAnnouncementWe are delighted to announce that the University
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10
August
2026
| 12:01 Europe/London
An international team of researchers have engineered enzymes that form diverse carbon鈥揷arbon and carbon鈥搉itrogen bonds, broadening the reactions possible with biocatalysts and enabling precise control of molecular structures.
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10
August
2026
| 10:55 Europe/London
The July 2026 issue of the Open Research Digest is now available, bringing together the latest news, updates and opportunities from Open Research at The University of Manchester.聽聽This month鈥檚 Open Research Perspective is from Dr Tristan Martin, who
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10
August
2026
| 10:15 Europe/London
精东传媒APP黄 finds waterways could play an important role in protecting people from extreme heat
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07
August
2026
| 10:18 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has secured new funding to help more NHS and healthcare professionals train as researchers through the 4Ward North doctoral programme, delivered with the Universities of Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield.
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07
August
2026
| 09:00 Europe/London
Patients referred to social prescribing are more likely to seek healthcare in the short term, but could end up needing their GP less often within a year, a new study by University of Manchester researchers suggests.
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06
August
2026
| 16:19 Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester will contribute specialist expertise in enzyme engineering and therapeutic oligonucleotides to a new 拢50 million research centre aiming to improve understanding and treatment of mitochondrial diseases.
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06
August
2026
| 08:30 Europe/London
Being inside with the windows closed does not completely protect you from the smoke caused by wildfires, early findings by University of Manchester researchers suggest
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05
August
2026
| 14:00 Europe/London
Collecting rainwater from rooftops and using it to spray buildings during hot weather could help cities cut air conditioning use, lower urban temperatures and lessen the impact of heatwaves, according to new research from The University of
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05
August
2026
| 12:46 Europe/London
UK and US scientists have uncovered an important piece of the puzzle on the signalling pathway that causes damaging scar tissue to build up in the body, raising hopes for future treatments.
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04
August
2026
| 14:04 Europe/London
A little鈥慿nown group of hard-to-find immune cells could help transform cancer treatment, scientists at the University of Manchester鈥檚 Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, have found.
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04
August
2026
| 13:39 Europe/London
A new study led by researchers at The University of Manchester has found that digital technologies used in GP practices can significantly improve patient safety by reducing medication errors, supporting earlier diagnosis and helping prevent patient
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03
August
2026
| 15:00 Europe/London
A study from The University of Manchester into the effects of the cross-contamination of polymers on the outcome of mechanically recycling plastics has found that the presence of contaminants radically alters degradation mechanisms.
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July
2026
| 15:47 Europe/London
Rise and fall of one of the lowest glaciers documented in High Mountain Asia is reconstructed using ultra-sensitive dating techniques
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