Our strengths in space and quantum research were the main focus of a visit to Durham University by the German Ambassador to ...

We have joined the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), reaffirming our institution’s commitment to understanding and addressing global environmental change and its health impacts. The alliance connects ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. Dr Tom Chudley, in our Department of ...

Storytelling is a powerful way to foster understanding and empathy. Research from Princeton University shows that storytelling can synchronise brain wave patterns between the storyteller and the ...

That is about to change after the UK Government said it would adopt a proposal drafted by Professor Clare McGlynn, of Durham ...

Main image: The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope, is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, ...

Our graduate and now UK Government minister Lord (James) Timpson has spoken of his love of Durham during a return visit. Lord Timpson studied Geography at Hatfield College and met his future wife, ...

Image - Artist’s illustration showing the largest radio jet ever found in the early Universe. Durham University researchers involved in this study are: Frits Sweijen and Professor Leah Morabito. Read ...

A collaboration with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, ReaderBank is the world’s most ambitious study of imagination, reading and well-being. It seeks to explore how people imagine when they ...

Babies show positive responses to the smell of foods they were exposed to in the womb after they are born. The research led ...

Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Karen O’Brien accepted an award in recognition of an exceptional contribution to strengthening and deepening the UK-Indonesia relationship. Professor O’Brien ...