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Angry Birds, Robots and Delta Wing Aircrafts: Outreach Round-up March 2024
Believe it or not, we’re now a quarter of the way through the new year. Winter has come to a close, Spring is slowly emerging, and daylight savings brought us an extra hour of daylight (or one less in bed, whichever way you see it). Over the long Bank Holiday weekend, we’ve been reflecting on […]
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Green Together: Bringing science and sustainability to Manchester’s Central Library
Spring is a season marked by sustainability awareness, from Food Waste Action and Cultivation Street Week to Global Recycling Day and Earth Hour. Now, while these occasions are great for gaining momentum, climate change can often feel like a complex and overwhelming problem to tackle in silos! Doing so with the camaraderie that comes in […]
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Graduate focus: Nausheen Basha
Nausheen Basha is a research associate at Imperial College London. A graduate of the Aerospace Engineering Masters at the University, she’s recently won the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Most Distinguished Developing Career Achievement prize. We caught up with her to discuss the award, her career so far, and what the future holds. Nausheen Basha is […]
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Doctor Who? The future Doctor Wang, that’s Who
There are many reasons to choose to study in Manchester. For Jie Wang – who’s just landed a prestigious trip to the Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore – the fact that it’s in the country that a certain timelord likes to call home was a deciding factor! Jie Wang, a PhD student in the […]
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Reaching new heights: Engineering students assist researchers in flying world’s largest quadcopter drone
You’d be forgiven for wondering what on earth a ‘Giant Foamboard Quadcopter’ is. Better yet, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s something out of a DC movie or Stan Lee comic strip. Superheroes and gadgets aside, picture this: it’s CASCADE Collaboration Workshop Week, and a group of 35 students and researchers from UK universities were […]
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Less than the width of a human hair: Have the Photon Science Institute created the world’s smallest pumpkin?
Research impact and institutes
It’s a crisp autumn morning. There’s a chill in the air and the crunch of leaves underfoot, Manchester is adorned with a kaleidoscope of vibrant crimson and orange hues. In the spirit of Halloween, our friends over at the Photon Science Institute have honoured the holiday in the best way they know how: using a […]
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Turning football shirts into bags – to help the environment!
If you’ve got kids who support a football team, chances are they’ve owned a replica shirt at one time or another. In fact, let’s be honest, if you’re a football fan there’s probably an equal chance you’ve owned one yourself. Replica football shirts are big business; shirts account for the largest part of a football […]
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The Buzz S3, E5: What is the potential of 3D printing?
The Buzz speaks to Dr Marco Domingos about the immense potential of 3D printing – plus the benefits, challenges and ethical questions it raises.
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Guest post: We’re calling – but will aliens pick up?
Research impact and institutes
Might aliens – one day – discover humans, and not the other way around? Student Lucinda Shirreffs considers exciting new research suggesting just that.
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Guest post: Some stars have a pulse – and astronomers have cosmic stethoscopes
Research impact and institutes
Student Lucinda Shirreffs sets focus on pulsars – and how Manchester researchers are helping to measure their properties in greater accuracy than ever before.