Of 357 disc galaxies observed, the researchers saw that 20 per cent had bars – three to four times more than observed by ...

According to existing theories, the closeness of hot Jupiters should create powerful gravitational ‘tidal waves’ between the planet and star. Over billions of years, these tides transfer energy, ...

Guests included members of our senior staff, Durham County Council leaders, including Councillor Lesley Mavin, the current ...

UK Shadow Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson has praised our work to widen access to university during a ...

On International Dance Day (Monday, 29 April) Dr Megan Girdwood from our Department of English explains how her research concentrates on late nineteenth and twentieth-century modernism, with a ...

The four-year study listened to the voices of victims and survivors of abuse and others affected across the Catholic community. The study suggests that aspects of the church’s culture partly explain ...

The research indicates that sewage pollution in the Mersey Estuary is increasing to levels only last seen in the record from the 1980s, when a public outcry sparked a major clean-up campaign. The ...

The success of two students from Durham University who were the first in their families to attend university is being highlighted in a new national campaign, led by Universities UK (UUK).

A giant of particle physics, Peter Wade Higgs, passed away at his home in Edinburgh on April 8 2024, having lived to 94 years. His unparalleled legacy, epitomised by the discovery of the Higgs boson, ...

How this kind of complication is presented in adaptations of Shakespeare’s work is fascinating. Ballet can often be a site for exploring this. The culture of ballet – so concerned with the ...

Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson, in our Department of Classics and Ancient History, and Professor Harriet Bulkeley, from Department of Geography, have both been recognised by the prestigious ...

‘Dead Boy Detectives’ launched on Thursday 25 April on Netflix with George Rexstrew in a starring role.