Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Overview
The School of Natural Sciences is home to internationally-renowned expertise, meaning our staff and students can forge strong, interdisciplinary collaborations across the University.
Our five departments have a rich history of scientific breakthroughs and today our School continue the legacy of natural science research in Manchester:
Department of Chemistry
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department of Materials
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
With world-leading facilities and links with centres and institutes across the University and beyond, our researchers continue to advance the boundaries of science for the wider benefit of society.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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2023 roadmap on photocatalytic water splitting
Bahnemann, D., Robertson, P., Wang, C., Choi, W., Daly, H., Danish, M., de Lasa, H., Escobedo, S., Hardacre, C., Jeon, T. H., Kim, B., Kisch, H., Li, W., Long, M., Muneer, M., Skillen, N. & Zhang, J., 24 Jan 2023, In: JPhys Energy. 5, 1, 012004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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3D printable, thermo-responsive, self-healing, graphene oxide containing self-assembled hydrogels formed from block copolymer wormlike micelles
Yue, Q., Luo, Z., Li, X. & Fielding, L. A., 1 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Soft Matter.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A bin-microphysics parcel model investigation of secondary ice formation in an idealised shallow convective cloud
James, R., Crosier, J. & Connolly, P., 25 Jun 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Biodegradable Stereo-Complexed Poly (Lactic Acid) Drinking Straw of High Heat Resistance and Performance
Gong, H., Soutis, C. & Li, R., 18 Mar 2023, In: Materials. 16, 6, 2438.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abrasion resistance of a Nb3Sn magnetron-sputtered coating on copper substrates for radio frequency superconducting cavities
Aliasghari, S., Avcu, E., Skeldon, P., Valizadeh, R. & Mingo, B., 22 May 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Materials & Design.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Air Space: Creating a Community-Integrated Network of Interdisciplinary Research on Socio-Atmospherics (AWARD)
Hicks, S., Woodward, S., Balmer, A., Ashton, J., Evans, J., Lewis, C., Topping, D. & Jankovic, V.
1/08/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Transforming the measurement of modified proteins using mass spectrometry data and advanced software
1/07/23 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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MESNA: Methods for enzymatic synthesis of modified nucleic acids (AWARD)
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Evolving quantum mechanical tunnelling in enzymes
Hay, S., Green, A. & Johannissen, L.
1/04/23 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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AMFaces: Advanced Additive Manufacturing of User-Focused Facial Prostheses with Real-Life Colour Appearance
Foster, D., Amano, K., Cartmell, S. & Yates, J.
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
Impacts
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Affecting change of UK public health policy on vitamin D, sun exposure, skin cancer and vitamin D supplementation 2013-20
Ann Webb (Participant) & Lesley Rhodes (Participant)
Impact: Society and culture, Health and wellbeing, Economic, Policy
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Analysis of residual stress in aero engine fan blades
Philip Withers (Participant), S Clitheroe (Participant), Alexander Evans (Participant), Christopher Gill (Participant), Andrew King (Participant), Wei Li (Participant), Mark Turski (Participant), Philipp Frankel (Participant) & Michael Preuss (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Technological
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Arsenic research identifies avoidable health risks from groundwater arsenic informing increased awareness, policy change and mitigation
David Polya (Participant), Jonathan Lloyd (Participant), David Vaughan (Participant), Bart Van Dongen (Participant), Jianxin Pan (Participant), Laura Richards (Participant), Samuel Shaw (Participant), Victoria Coker (Participant), Christopher Boothman (Participant), Christopher Ballentine (Participant), John Charnock (Participant) & Paul Lythgoe (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Policy, Environmental
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Body Scanning - 3D. s.laag (2016) - for game-audio with 3D body-scanned performer, composer and instrument
Simeon Gill (Participant), Christopher Parker (Participant) & Steve Hayes (Participant)
Impact
Activities
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Impact of dual-beam irradiation mode on damaged tungsten structures by in-situ TEM
Enrique Jimenez-Melero (Speaker)
12 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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RSS international conference 2023
Ines Henriques-Cadby (Chair) & Olatunji Johnson (Chair)
6 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
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Invited oral presentation, mini-colloquium "Curvilinear condensed matter", The General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the EPS: CMD30-FisMat 2023
Ivan Vera Marun (Speaker)
4 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Diffraction of acoustic waves by multiple independent semi-infinite arrays
Matthew Nethercote (Speaker)
23 Aug 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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NERC’s Digital Solutions Hub – understanding what users want and the challenges they face accessing environmental data
Richard Kingston (Speaker), David Topping (Speaker) & Nourhan Heysham (Speaker)
11 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Datasets
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Reservoir History Matching Code in Python
Etienam, C. (Creator), University of Manchester, 2018
DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.24512.99842 , https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327386682_Reservoir_History_Matching_Code_in_Python_Using_ES-MDA_with_Covariance_Localisation
Dataset
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Brexit Tweets from the morning of it's announcement
Parker, C. (Creator), University of Manchester, 23 Jun 2017
DOI: 10.17632/x9wkrghz23.1, http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/x9wkrghz23.1
Dataset
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Adsorption of bilirubin oxidase on a silica-coated QCM-D sensor
McNamara, T. P. (Creator), University of Manchester, 12 Apr 2016
DOI: 10.15127/1.280285, http://dx.doi.org/10.15127/1.280338 and 3 more links, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6an00143b, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:280285&datastreamId=MvBOx_on_silica_2015-10-30.QSD, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:280285&datastreamId=MvBOx_on_silica_2015-10-30.CSV (show fewer)
Dataset
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Expressive Gaussian mixture models for high-dimensional statistical modelling: simulated data and neural network model files
Price, D. (Creator) & Menary, S. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 10 Dec 2021
DOI: 10.48420/17136839.v1, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Expressive_Gaussian_mixture_models_for_high-dimensional_statistical_modelling_simulated_data_and_neural_network_model_files/17136839/1
Dataset
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Establishing an Effective Design Management Process within SME's. A manual.
Bruce, M. (Creator), Cooper, R. (Creator) & Vazquez, D. (Creator), Department of Trade and Industry , 1997
Dataset
Prizes
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1st place in VentureOut Graphene competition
Nichman, Leonid (Recipient), Jan 2015
Prize: Other distinction
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1st place VentureOut Innovation Challenge
Nichman, Leonid (Recipient) & Dang, Caroline (Recipient), Dec 2015
Prize: Other distinction
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2005 Royal Society of Chemistry Award for Nanotechnology
Leigh, David (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2007 Descartes Prize for Research
Leigh, David (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Who Is Committed: Instrumenting Commercial Aircraft to Monitor Climate
20/08/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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The easy tricks that can maximise your lottery winnings
16/08/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Interview for BBC Radio Scotland on US Megamillions lottery
8/08/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Student theses
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{Measurement of the mixing parameters of neutral charm mesons and search for indirect \textit{\textbf{CP}} violation with \boldmath$D^0\to K^0_S\pi^+\pi^-$ decays at LHCb
Author: Hilton, M., 31 Dec 2021Supervisor: Parkes, C. (Supervisor) & Gersabeck, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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$K$-theory, chamber homology and base change for the \lowercase{p}-adic groups $SL(2)$, $GL(1)$ and $GL(2)$.
Author: Aeal, W., 1 Aug 2012Supervisor: Plymen, R. (Supervisor) & Rowley, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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1D MODEL FOR FLOW IN THE PULMONARY AIRWAY SYSTEM
Author: Alahmadi, E., 31 Dec 2012Supervisor: Heil, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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1H NMR and Emission Spectroscopy of Lanthanide and Uranium(IV) Coordination Complexes
Author: Timmermann, V., 1 Aug 2019Supervisor: Natrajan, L. (Supervisor) & Mills, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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20 cm e-MERLIN Observations of an Optically Selected Nearby Galaxy Sample
Author: Evans, R., 1 Aug 2016Supervisor: Beswick, R. (Supervisor) & Argo, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master of Science by Research
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