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National biodiversity award for MammalWeb project
MammalWeb was presented with the NBN Group Award 2024 at the National Biodiversity Network Conference. The NBN awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions made to wildlife recording ...
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Supercomputer simulations offer new explanation for the formation of Mars’ moons
Scientists from NASA and our Department of Physics have used supercomputer simulations to reveal that Mars’ moons may have ...
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Scientists reveal new breakthrough in OLED technology
Scientists from our top-rated Physics department and Newcastle University have developed a groundbreaking method to improve the stability and efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), a ...
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New study shows how social bonds help tool-using monkeys learn new skills
The study indicates that the monkeys mainly learned from others via direct observation, and strong social tolerance (e.g. amongst grooming partners) was found to be a good predictor of which monkeys ...
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Lived Experience Academy brings a new approach to research
The Lived Experience Academy aims to nurture talent in the lived experience community, create further opportunities for collaboration and provide opportunities for new research ideas. The research ...
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Many physicists argue the universe is fine-tuned for life – our findings question this idea
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Dr Daniele Sorini, from our Institute for Computational Cosmology, discusses new research ...
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Exhibition donated by ‘Knitting Bishop’ highlights links with Korea
A new exhibition ‘Knitted Together: The Korean Lives and Legacies of Richard and Joan Rutt’, focusing on the lives of two of the main donors to the Oriental Museum’s Korean collection, is now on ...
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New study highlights how friendly social behaviours are contagious for chimpanzees
Researchers from our top-rated Psychology department have discovered that social bonding behaviours in chimpanzees, like grooming and play, can spread through groups much like contagious yawns or ...
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Freedom of speech
It is a fundamental policy of the University, as an academic institution, that in its activities there should be freedom of speech within the law. Our Code of Practice on Freedom of Speech is robust ...
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Durham researchers are among the most cited in the world
Professors Carlos Frenk, Adrian Jenkins, Tom Theuns and the late Richard Bower from our Institute for Computational Cosmology, and Professor Yunfei Chen, from our Department of Engineering, have all ...
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Italy’s ban on international surrogacy is part of a drive towards an ultra-conservative idea of family
Assistant Professor in Family Law Dafni Lima responds to the Italian parliament's recent decision to criminalise surrogacy worldwide. The Italian Senate recently passed a law making surrogacy a ...