Early-career researcher, Charlotte Brown, reflects on attending the Royal Academy of Engineering’s International Women in Engineering Day Leadership Lunch, a chance for women across the sector to connect beyond the pace of everyday work.…
The University of Manchester community has expressed its sincere thanks for overwhelming show of support by leading figures from science, culture and public life in support of Jodrell Bank.
Dr Will Smith has won a University Research Fellowship to study how bacteria use multiple weapons against rivals – work that could reveal new ways to tackle antimicrobial resistance and develop more resilient biocontrol technologies.
In this blog, Liutauras Kiltinavicius reflects on attending the IAEA Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety in Vienna, exploring how international collaboration, innovation, regulation and leadership are shaping the…
Students returning to campus this academic year will find an improved Blue 1 study space in Main Library following a summer refurbishment designed to enhance accessibility, technology provision and the overall study experience.
Scientists have redefined how the key blood‑clotting protein fibrinogen behaves when it contacts air, overturning two decades of scientific consensus on wound healing.
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
Researchers from the Universities of Manchester, Oxford and Arkansas are urging scientists to stop treating “non-significant” results as proof that nothing happened.
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…
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.
China’s dominance of batteries, electric vehicles and solar power is helping drive global decarbonisation - but creating tensions with the UK and other Western economies
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…
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.
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.
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…
Professor Dame Fiona Rayment, the Dalton Nuclear Institute’s 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…
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
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
We are delighted to announce that the University of Manchester Library has joined the Open Journals Collective. The University of Manchester Library has invested in our Multidisciplinary collection of journals, and we are very grateful for…
An international team of researchers have engineered enzymes that form diverse carbon–carbon and carbon–nitrogen bonds, broadening the reactions possible with biocatalysts and enabling precise control of molecular structures.
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.
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…
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.
Scientists at The University of Manchester will contribute specialist expertise in enzyme engineering and therapeutic oligonucleotides to a new £50 million research centre aiming to improve understanding and treatment of mitochondrial…
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