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

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 ...

Durham Global Week 2025 will take place from Saturday 1 – Sunday 9 March 2025. All staff and students are encouraged to get involved, by submitting proposals for events to be part of the programme.

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

We’re sharing in an investment of almost £30m to train the next generation of researchers to tackle the world’s environmental ...

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 ...

To produce a hazard map for landslide susceptibility in Southeast Asia. To produce guidelines for landslides hazards and protective measures in Southeast Asia. To establish a think-tank focussing on ...

The North East Space Communications Accelerator (NESCA) will launch in 2025. It is an exciting new collaboration designed to ...

General Relativity is one of the most elegant and profound theories in Physics. That the Universe seems to conform to its ...

If you are interested in applying to Durham or already have an offer, we have plenty of ways for you to find out more, either by visiting the campus or joining us at one of our online events. If you ...

The Physics Department is a thriving centre for research and education. We are proud that our Department closely aligns the teaching and learning experience for its students with the ...