Scientists have shed fresh light on how human hands and minds evolved together, finding that longer thumbs in primates means ...

The research findings challenge a previous study that suggested that a collision with another planet billions of years ago ...

The benefits of university go beyond the individual. Children of university graduates are much more likely to attend ...

We are playing a key role in a new £1.6 million initiative to strengthen the UK’s digital research infrastructure. The ...

By studying the chemical makeup of a stalagmite from a cave in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the researchers discovered a ...

Our consistent performance in the Green Gown Awards goes hand-in-hand with our ranking as a sustainability leader. We placed ...

Our renowned international relations expert, Professor Anoush Ehteshami, has played a key role in a high-profile Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) inquiry. The inquiry, which ...

Blackpool Grand Theatre’s Creative Learning Producer, Jo Cleasby, added: “Collaborating with the professors from Durham alongside Blackpool young people, with everyone's voice being equally valued, to ...

The researchers discovered that the total sediment flowing through the river increased sixfold after the earthquake, while the coarse bedload surged by a remarkable 20 times. This heavy material ...

Researchers at Durham and collaborators in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) mission have proposed a bold new theory that black holes could be converting matter into dark energy.

International applicants As an international student, you are responsible for paying your tuition fees and accommodation costs on arrival at the university. You will be given an invoice which will ...

The Racecourse Rugby Scholarship is for talented and ambitious young sportsmen and women from lower-income households who want to combine Rugby as a University level sport with further education at ...