The Buzz S3, E4: Space bricks
In this instalment of The Buzz podcast, Dr Aled Roberts explains the potential for using astronauts’ blood plasma and other human waste products to manufacture ‘space bricks’ to build structures on the Moon and Mars.
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Manchester Mathematics student’s extraordinary drive recognised at House of Lords
University of Manchester mathematics student, Jesy Luyengi was part of 22 students who were recognised at the fourth annual Student Social Mobility Awards for defying the odds to achieve outstanding success as they prepare for life after university.
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Looking Back On My Year as an International Postgraduate Student, with Chaitanya Giridhar Kakalur
On 10 June 2021 (a day I cannot forget!) I received an email informing me I had not only gotten in but was to be a recipient of the Engineering Management Scholarship. It is not just the education I have received that has changed me in the past year, it is the people. Manchester now…
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Taster lecture: Exoplanets and the hunt for Earth-2
Do Earth-like planets exist? And, if so, how can we find them? At a 2022 event for Undergraduate Physics Offer Holders, Dr. Eamonn Kerins, Senior Lecturer in Astronomy, delivered a taster lecture: Exoplanets and the hunt for Earth-2. Eamonn delved into some of the technology and theories that allow us to explore other planets and…