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ScienceX at the Trafford Centre
The free event, organised by the University of Manchester’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, comes to the intu Trafford Centre on the 14th and15th April
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Open Mind Manchester launch peer mentor scheme
The student society has set up a new scheme that aims to provide a supplementary support system to those already in place at the University
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Micro-robots: flying bees and jumping spiders
Dr Mostafa Nabawy of the University of Manchester turns science-fiction to science fact in presenting his work on robot spiders and bees
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Social media isn't the cause of mental ill-health
The media seems to express increasing concern over the dangers of social media on mental health, but we're focusing on the wrong thing
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Citizen science project aims to unpick 'Secrets of Happiness'
University of Manchester clinical psychologist, Dr Sara Tai, has started a new collaborative project to unpick what happiness is
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100 million year old spider with tail found in fossil
An international team of researchers, including University of Manchester’s Dr Russell Garwood, find a fossil that suggests spiders used to have tails
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UoM part of new government 'Institute of Coding'
The £20 million consortium of universities and industry leads aims to fill the UK digital skills gap
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Manchester council plans to build 'Tower of Light'
The tower will be part of the £18 million Manchester Civic Quarter Heat Network project, aimed to be environmentally friendly energy solution for the city centre
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Once in a 'super blue blood moon'
Many were excited by the rare lunar event that happened on the 31st January, but University of Manchester professor Tim O’Brien is not so sure
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Tim Peake's space capsule coming to Manchester
The Soyuz space capsule that carried British astronaut Tim Peake is to make a landing at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry as part of its museum tour
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Robot scientist aids drug-resistant malaria treatment discovery
AI robot, Eve, helped researchers at The University of Manchester and Cambridge to find that a toothpaste ingredient is effective against a drug-resistant malaria parasite
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Proton beam cancer treatment to start in Manchester
The Christie Hospital in Manchester is to open the first high-energy proton beam cancer treatment centre run by the NHS