Using 'next generation' DNA sequencing scientists have found that the famous 'Two Brothers' mummies of the Manchester Museum have different fathers so are, in fact, half-brothers.
Archaeology
Jan 16, 2018
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Electrons that break the rules and move perpendicular to the applied electric field could be the key to delivering next generation, low-energy computers, a collaboration of scientists from the University of Manchester and ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 11, 2014
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered that the naturally occurring gaps between individual layers of two-dimensional materials can be used as a sieve to separate different atoms.
Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Secrets of sixty remarkable clay figurines - up to 1,400-years-old and excavated by archaeologists from The Universities of Ghana and Manchester, and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB)– are to be ...
Archaeology
Oct 23, 2013
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Manchester Museum recently returned items taken from Australia more than 100 years ago to Aboriginal leaders, the latest move in an ongoing debate over calls to "repatriate" museum artifacts to their countries of origin.
Archaeology
Dec 4, 2019
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A Greater Manchester start-up company has launched the first of a range of products aimed at reducing wastage from vehicle tires, supported by the Graphene Engineering Innovation Center's (GEIC) ERDF Bridging the Gap program ...
Materials Science
Oct 1, 2020
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One of the world's most spectacular frogs has been identified as a new species after 20 years of painstaking research at The University of Manchester.
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2018
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An international team of scientists have become the first ever researchers to successfully reach temperatures below minus 272.15 degrees Celsius – only just above absolute zero – using magnetic molecules. The physicists ...
General Physics
Oct 22, 2014
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When moving through a conductive material in an electric field, electrons tend to follow the path of least resistance—which runs in the direction of that field.
Nanophysics
Sep 12, 2014
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A prototype for a graphene- based smart suitcase made of 100 percent of recycled plastic has been developed in collaboration with The University of Manchester.
Nanomaterials
Oct 9, 2019
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