A year of Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester

The Faculty of Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester has been at the forefront of many exciting discoveries and achievements in 2023. Here we round-up just some of the great stories from this year. January: Mapping the galaxy. The year started with a bang as after almost a decade of observations, a team of astronomers from The University of Manchester and other institutions around the world presented the most accurate description to date of the polarization of the Milky Way's emission in the microwave range. The observations provided unprecedented insights into the structure of the Milky Way's magnetic field. February: Finding dinosaur footprints in Yorkshire . In February, an archaeologist found the largest footprint of a meat-eating dinosaur ever found in Yorkshire.