Manchester, City of Science at ESOF 2016
‘Science as revolution’ was the theme of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) held in Manchester last month, and the event did not disappoint to live up to its exciting billing. As both the World’s first industrialised city and the place where graphene was first isolated, Manchester felt like the perfect setting for the conference. ESOF […]
Hear from UoM’s Future Design, Fashion, and Business Leaders
It was the return of the Design, Fashion, and Business (DFB) Degree Show in May and I went along to enjoy the action. Taking place in Sackville Street Building’s stunning Great Hall, this one day event showcased the final year project work of DFB students from a range of degrees.
Fukushima: Five Years of Media Frenzy
It is just over five years since the Fukushima Diiachi explosion, caused by the impact of the earthquake derived tsunami that devastated the east coast of Japan, on March 11th, 2011 and a question was posed to me with regards to reflecting on how the media responded to the disaster. After having a very quick […]
Why don’t we “own” Graphene?
Some people have been curious as to why The University of Manchester didn’t patent graphene. Clive Rowland, CEO of UMI3, explains. The University of Manchester neither discovered nor invented graphene; rather it was the place where this extraordinary material was first isolated from graphite and correctly identified as graphene late in 2003. Graphene had been […]