Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely, and in poorer ...

The European Research Council (ERC) is the premier European funding organisation for frontier research. UK-based researchers ...

Such a mini-halo consists of highly energetic charged particles in the vacuum between galaxies in a cluster, which together emanate radio waves which we can detect from Earth. The discovery shows that ...

Professor Brian Castellani, from our Department of Sociology, has made significant contributions to a new report identifying air pollution as a public health crisis. The report, published by the Royal ...

Founded in 1985, the Coimbra Group is an association of long-established European multi-disciplinary universities of high international standard and includes ourselves. The Group met in Durham in ...

A team of researchers, including Dr Rachel White from our Department of English Studies, has presented new evidence about one of the most famous insults in English literature – the phrase ‘upstart ...

Human persecution leads to anxiety and physiological stress amongst baboons. That’s according to the findings of new research by our Department of Anthropology. The study looked at how a group of ...

The languages of the past can tell us more about human history than we might have thought. As a specialist in the ancient languages of Italy, Katherine McDonald uses linguistic detective work to ...

Scientists from our top-rated Physics department are playing a major role in the world’s most ambitious space project, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), led by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

Luke Sunderland, a Professor in French from our School of Modern Languages and Cultures, combines his research on the Middle Ages with stand-up comedy. During July and August he is due to perform at ...

Researchers led by Professor Simon Cornish are working at the forefront of quantum physics, using cutting-edge techniques to explore the fundamental laws of nature.

Our Green Move Out initiative is back for its 22nd year – helping students donate unwanted items, reduce waste and support our local community. At the end of each academic year, students moving out of ...