We have secured funding for three new research projects from the prestigious Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, further strengthening our partnership with Japan.

A major new digital mapping project could help protect some of the world's most important heritage sites from the growing threat of climate change.

Research involving our School of Education has found AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, can match humans as a source of everyday emotional support.

The Milky Way may have undergone some cosmic gymnastics during its history with a dramatic disc flip, according to new research from our astronomers.

We’re strengthening our role in shaping the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business, having secured innovation funding with partners in the Arqus European University Alliance.

We’ve secured over £700,000 from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to help more young people access technical careers in environmental science.

Ever noticed how, in tense situations, people may use reassuring touches to try and calm things down? This could be an evolutionary social tool dating back millions of years.

Social businesses are being prevented from delivering lasting benefits to their regions because of complex policies, unclear guidance, financial constraints and poor use of resources, according to new research from our Business School.

Our Chancellor, Dr Fiona Hill, and theologian Professor Christopher Insole have been honoured by the prestigious British Academy.

Slavery did not end with abolitionism in the 19th century. Instead it was rebuilt, again and again, into new forms of unfree labour that still shape the world today

We’re helping to shape a major new facility to support advanced microfabrication activities across North East England’s universities and high-tech industries.

Durham University and Berry College have signed a new articulation agreement, formalising a partnership that has developed through several years of close collaboration.