ITER is the world’s largest and most ambitious fusion energy experiment. Fusion is the process that powers the Sun, and ...

Five of the most-publicised polar geoengineering ideas are highly unlikely to help the polar regions, according to a new ...

Many mothers feel like they are "always on", even during supposed breaks. The emotional and mental demands of caring for a ...

Find out about the latest at Durham Castle, including celebrations for this year’s Heritage Open Days, and an update on the ...

The way in which babies are soothed could be more important than how quickly mothers respond, according to new research ...

Professor Douglas Davies, one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of death studies, has been recognised with a ...

Newcastle-based conductor and composer, Tim Burke, takes the reigns of our Choral Society (DUCS) following the retirement of ...

Professor Rowlands reflected on recent global tragedies, drawing on the philosophy of Simone Weil. She highlighted how ...

The Durham researchers will be part of expert sub-panels that will assess UK universities’ research for the Research ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration has been awarded the 2026 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York ...

Dr Nikki Rutter has been awarded the European Society of Criminology’s Young Criminologist Award 2025. Nikki received the award for her transformative research article "Explosive and Harmful Impulses" ...

Globular clusters of stars were first discovered in the 17th century and scientists have long-debated how they formed. Many stars in our own Milky Way and other galaxies are found in these tight ...