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2026
20
April
2026
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13:53
Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester have shown that microbial communities from terrestrial hot springs could be harnessed to convert industrial CO2 emissions into useful products, offering new routes towards a circular, low-carbon …
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2025
19
June
2025
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10:44
Europe/London
The University of Manchester joins two new national research hubs to drive sustainable manufacturing
Backed by a combined investment of nearly £28 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), The University of Manchester partners with the University of …
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15
January
2025
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16:00
Europe/London
Published today (15 January 2025) in Nature, this breakthrough centres on a process called nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr), a class of transformation that is widely used across the chemical industries including pharmaceuticals and …
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2024
19
December
2024
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19:31
Europe/London
Their work, published in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, could accelerate the development of sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel-derived products like plastics, helping pave the way for a carbon-neutral circular bioeconomy.The …
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05
December
2024
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11:42
Europe/London
A new study from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology describes a novel biological method to convert mixed municipal waste-like fractions – including food scraps, plastics, and textiles – into valuable bio-products. This new approach could …
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