Caption: Professor Karen O'Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University, and Paul Ramsbottom OBE, Wolfson ...

Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the world today. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Karen O'Brien explores how Durham University is both pioneering research to understand ...

The ethical and governance review co-authored by Professor Cave concludes that a phased approach is needed – ‘soft’ governance implementing the UK SCBEM Code of Practice, as a stepping stone to ‘hard’ ...

We’ve launched a new £5m research centre to support North East England’s growing space industry and lead on the sustainable ...

Interneurons work a bit like the brain's traffic controllers where they regulate the firing of other brain cells, acting like a sophisticated brake system. This control is critical because when ...

In a new study, scientists from our top-rated Biosciences department joined forces with researchers from Jagiellonian University (Poland), and the John Innes Centre to reveal how a bacterial enzyme ...

The five universities in North East England have responded to the UK Government’s priorities for higher education reform, indicating their commitment to work together and with others to drive growth.

Our MammalWeb project has won a national biodiversity award for its work to gather information on the distribution, abundance, habits and behaviours of UK and European wild mammals. MammalWeb was ...

Three of our scholars have been selected for the prestigious Wellcome Award, offering a combined £1,660,000 to work toward improving wellbeing through scientific research. If you open the Weather app ...