Professor Sarah Semple has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious British Academy. The fellowship recognises Sarah’s ...

The bulb-shaped plant homes, called ‘domatia’, are split into separate chambers. Each ant colony gets its own room, with no internal connections.

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe. Durham ...

Our geographers have discovered the remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East ...

The UEFA Women’s Euros is in full swing, but a recent YouGov survey showed that interest in women’s football still lags well ...

The National Student Survey (NSS), an independent annual survey, evaluates how satisfied students in the UK are with the ...

Here, Cyril tells us about his work and how it could help answer the ultimate astronomical question – is there life elsewhere ...

Durham Energy Institute (DEI) is a founding member of the newly launched Energy Storage Association (UK) - a pioneering trade ...

Dr Wang’s research focuses on the ‘Local Group’ (a pair of dark matter halo that includes our Milky Way and its neighbour Andromeda) and how it is linked to the larger cosmic web, a vast network of ...

Dr Alice Finden and Dr Kavi Abraham, both from our School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), have won the ...

In the wild, similar “useless” trends such as the grass fad have not been seen in chimpanzees. This may be because chimpanzees living in captivity have more free time than in the wild without the need ...

Our global reputation for employability reflects the quality and relevance of our education and research. This has been affirmed once again in the QS World University Rankings 2026 where we rank ...