Research impact and institutes
Building the world’s largest foamboard aircraft
Discover how – and why – a team in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering attempted the ambitious construction of the world’s largest foamboard plane.
Positrons from Bananas
We speak to Dr Will Bertsche (Department of Physics and Astronomy) for the third post in our CERN miniseries – and ask about his work on the intriguing Alpha collaboration.
The Line of Beauty
In the second instalment of our CERN miniseries, we find out more about the experiments and activities Manchester scientists are carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider.
Building equipment for the Large Hadron Collider
In the first of a series exploring The University of Manchester’s involvement with CERN, we look at the specialist Large Hadron Collider equipment that is made, right here, on campus.
Will Manchester supercomputer reveal insights into mysteries of the brain?
Professor Steve Furber updates on the extraordinary SpiNNaker project – a supercomputer inspired by the workings of the human brain.
Guest post: The Manchester robots cleaning up the world’s trickiest nuclear sites
Professor Barry Lennox discusses the incredible work of the RAIN Hub team and the robots cleaning up nuclear sites at Dounreay and Fukushima.
Raised by Wolves – Will we always know the difference between AI and real people?
Professor Aline Miller features in a special trailer for hit sci-fi TV show Raised by Wolves, and tells us if robots can ever experience human emotions.
Guest post: Binary star breakthrough – revealing planet formation around twin stars
Discover how Manchester researchers, led by Ana Karla Díaz-Rodríguez, have investigated planet formation from gas and dust in the binary star system SVS 13.
Neck and neck: The ‘gentleman etiquette’ of sparring giraffes
Neck-xtraordinary! Discover the amazing findings of Manchester student Jessica Granweiler, who observed sparring giraffes while on placement in South Africa.
Tanis treasure: Unearthing the secrets of dinosaurs’ last day
Manchester researchers work with Sir David Attenborough and the BBC to spectacularly reveal what happened on the final day of the dinosaurs.