Manchester Science Festival 2011
22 - 30 October 2011

Press releases

Grow sunflowers for mass Turing experiment

Thousands of sunflowers will be planted in honour of the mathematician Alan Turing as part of a new research project led by MOSI and Manchester Science Festival, in association with The University of Manchester...
22 Mar 2012

And the winner is…

A plant scientist from the University of Durham has won the North West regional heat of FameLab UK 2012, a competition to find the new voices of science communication.
12 Dec 2011

Comics, chemists and swearing at MOSI for Manchester Science Festival

The comic side of science and maths is a key theme in events at MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester) as part of this year’s Manchester Science Festival (22-30 October).
20 Oct 2011

Comedy, science, music and anything else that can happen on stage

Australian stand-up Kent Valentine presents a festival edition of the thinking person’s variety club – Bright Club Manchester.
19 Oct 2011

The Midland Hotel Supports a duo of Festivals in the North West

On 19th October, The Midland Hotel in Manchester is supporting not one, but two festivals in the North West; The Manchester Literature Festival and The Manchester Science Festival.
17 Oct 2011

Appeal for Manchester nature photos for concert

Manchester Science Festival is appealing to photographers throughout Greater Manchester to send in photos which portray the beauty of the city’s natural environment, ahead of the Manchester Science Festival’s stunning audio-visual Polar production.
14 Oct 2011

Pantomime brings physics to life at Manchester Science Festival

A pantomime performed by scientists from the University of York will help bring quantum physics to life at the Manchester Science Festival.
14 Oct 2011

Storey’s science dresses come to high street

A sperm coat and spine dress are amongst a stunning internationally-renowned fashion collection on the theme of embryonic human life, to be showcased on the UK high street for the first time as part of the forthcoming the Manchester Science Festival...
14 Oct 2011

Monkeying around at the start of the Manchester Science Festival

Professor Brian Cox ushers in this year’s Manchester Science Festival with his brilliant and irreverent BBC Radio 4 show at The University of Manchester next week.
6 Oct 2011

Sparks fly as Manchester Science Festival programme launched

Sparks were flying at the launch of the programme for the forthcoming Manchester Festival (22-30 October 2011) as Dr Steve Rossington from the University of Salford gave a preview of his Louder Than Bombs science show.
14 Sep 2011

Manchester Science Festival announces Polar

World Class Service Ltd and Manchester Science Festival are delighted to announce two special performances of the super-cool classical spectacular Polar...
5 Sep 2011

Manchester Science Festival celebrates its fifth birthday

Manchester Science Festival returns for a fifth year this October with a packed programme of over 150 events for adults, families and teenagers.
23 Aug 2011