An engineer who took technology from the aerospace industry and applied it to the construction of the iconic Beijing Olympic stadium has been appointed as a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Innovation at the University of Salford.

Deputy Prime Minister the Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP was among a range of high-profile visitors to the University’s stand at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference this week as academics profiled Salford’s wide-ranging research relevant to policy-making.

The University of Salford is looking for people in the Stockport area to excavate a stately home belonging to two brothers who fought on opposite sides during the English Civil War.

The University of Salford is to work with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities on a project which will find new ways to trace and communicate with the owners of 930 empty homes across the region.

New University of Salford research carried out among businesses in Cockermouth in Cumbria following catastrophic floods in 2009 has found that only a very few have taken flood-protection measures – despite an average 1,750% rise in insurance excesses being reported among the businesses surveyed.

A marine biologist based at the University of Salford has found that invasive Pacific oysters which originally escaped from Irish farms are now independently thriving in the wild.

A sports biomechanics expert from the University of Salford has been working with several Olympic athletes to perfect their jumping techniques.

The University of Salford is looking for volunteers to help them excavate historic Chadderton Hall as part of Greater Manchester’s biggest ever archaeological project.

Following a major community dig in Radcliffe, University of Salford archaeologists have catalogued a number of finds that bring the lives of the 19th Century residents to life.

The University of Salford is part of a Europe-wide project to develop technologies which will allow buildings to optimise how they consume energy and resources, using wireless sensor technology and data mining methods that learn to optimise energy consumption, but maintain user comfort.

While Team GB quite rightly celebrates its best Olympics performance since 1908, Russia and, most surprisingly, Australia are the other real winners at London 2012, outperforming both the United States and China when countries’ population, wealth and other key factors are considered.

The University of Salford is offering the opportunity for four artists to become artists in residence for a year, using the School of Art & Design’s facilities and expertise to work on a project or undertake research.

More famous for trying to wipe out humanity (in science fiction at least), robots can in fact improve our quality of life considerably, according to a University of Salford researcher who’s been taking them on visits to old people’s homes.

Following a survey of more than 100 sites across Greater Manchester, a University of Salford academic has developed an easy-to-use toolkit for determining the best systems to reduce the risk of flooding.

A former Royal Marine Commando turned student will by helping US athletes go harder, faster, stronger - thanks to an award from an international authority on strength and conditioning.