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Professor Anna Leone is a leading authority on North African archaeology and heritage protection. Her work is driven by her fascination with North Africa and for understanding societal transitions and ...
Sunday’s inauguration mass will begin with prayers at the tomb of St. Peter – the first pope – which is located directly ...
The Universities for North East England partnership could be a blueprint for the rest of the UK, an MP has told an event in ...
The Woman of the North Summit was held at The Waterside building, part of our Business School, on Wednesday 7 May, and ...
Durham has a longstanding connection with Japan and has many research and partnerships across the country. Durham-Japan ...
A new study led by our Earth Sciences department has made a surprising discovery about a mysterious fossil from the Cambrian period — over 500 million years ago.
Clean hydrogen could be key to a greener future and there is a lot if it right beneath our feet in the Earth’s crust. The trick is knowing exactly where it is and in which conditions it survives. For ...
The Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize honours leading cosmologists, astronomers and physicists who are advancing our understanding of the Universe. It is co-sponsored by the International Astronomical ...
Among the big winners of a university being in a neighbourhood must be the neighbourhood itself. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O’Brien reflects on Durham University’s ...
Researchers have discovered that ultra-fast wind surrounding a supermassive black hole is not smooth and continuous as previously assumed, but instead resembles a rapid-fire stream of gas ‘bullets’.
Professor Angela Woods, Director of the Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) and a Professor of Medical Humanities in our ...
Our installed solar panel capacity has reached 1 MW this year – a major milestone in our continued efforts to cut emissions and become a more sustainable institution.