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When Art Meets Science: Peak District Podcast, Watercolour Painting and Animating Mars
You may be surprised to read about watercolours and gallery walls in a piece on geothermal gradients, but just stick with us for a second… While it’s no secret that creativity and the sciences are undoubtably linked, this concept takes on a whole new meaning in the science communication module that’s open to final year […]
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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.
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‘Make it so’ – creating super-strength concrete from Mars dust, potatoes and salt
Research impact and institutes
Discover the ‘cosmic concrete’ that Manchester scientists believe might, one day, enable humans to build a colony on Mars – and aid the climate fight on Earth.
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Climbing the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank
We don our hard hats to climb Jodrell Bank’s incredible Lovell Telescope and meet the remarkable people who work there – keeping it safe 24/7.
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Science, space and singalongs: A stellar day at Bluedot
The Hub spent a brilliant day at the unique science and music celebration that is Bluedot Festival – here’s what we saw, and learnt!
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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.
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The Buzz S3, E1: Are we entering a new space age?
Dr Ciara McGrath helps us blast off season three of The Buzz podcast by answering the question: Are we entering a new space age?
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Supermassive black holes to rock (\m/) time and space
Astronomers have discovered an epic cosmic waltz in the heart of our galaxy, with two supermassive black holes orbiting each other once every two years.
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On a (space) mission to inspire young women engineers: Dr Ciara McGrath
Dr Ciara McGrath, a finalist in the 2021 IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards, discusses her stellar research, career, and the future of engineering.