Halloween
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 […]
Ghost town: Is Manchester haunted (and can science explain it)?
Could the Faculty of Science and Engineering – and the city of Manchester itself – be haunted? This Halloween we lift the (coffin) lid and take a look.
The science behind your nightmares
Scientists and engineers are rational thinkers. You can’t scare them with tales of things that go bump in the night; the demons that lurk within; the monsters that roam the streets, or the creatures that watch us from space. Or can you? This Halloween, we look at the fact behind the fiction.
The lightning bolt at the heart of Manchester
Tucked away on The University of Manchester’s North Campus, researchers are harnessing lightning – not to bring monsters to life, but to safeguard the future of the UK’s power network.
Halloween Special: Through the UMISTs of time – Sackville’s spooky past
Picture the scene: a mist (or should that be a UMIST?) hangs low over an old city churchyard. Men and boys are busily digging pits in the earth, in search of the deceased who have lain in rest here for close to a century. In total, they will uncover and move thousands of bodies – but why? Read on to learn more about The University of Manchester’s ghoulish history.