In January, sales of Tesla cars slumped across five European countries – the UK, France, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. Sales were down too in California – the US state with the largest car ...

We have joined the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), reaffirming our institution’s commitment to understanding and addressing global environmental change and its health impacts. The alliance connects ...

Storytelling is a powerful way to foster understanding and empathy. Research from Princeton University shows that storytelling can synchronise brain wave patterns between the storyteller and the ...

Local CEOs – those whose firm’s headquarters were within 100 miles of their birthplace. Non-local CEOs – those managing firms further away from where they were born. The results revealed that ...

Our graduate and now UK Government minister Lord (James) Timpson has spoken of his love of Durham during a return visit. Lord ...

That is about to change after the UK Government said it would adopt a proposal drafted by Professor Clare McGlynn, of Durham ...

Main image: The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope, is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, ...

Our strengths in space and quantum research were the main focus of a visit to Durham University by the German Ambassador to the UK. His Excellency Miguel Berger also learned more about our expertise ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. Dr Tom Chudley, in our Department of ...

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Condensed Matter Physics is one of the largest, most diverse and dynamic fields in modern physics, encompassing all aspects of the solid and liquids states of matter. This breadth is reflected in the ...