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The UK must significantly increase water availability to meet its decarbonisation goals, according to new research led by our Department of Engineering and involving our Department of Earth Sciences.

Our researchers are helping young people discover the overlooked stories of Black British communities through art, history and literature.

An international team of scientists, led by Professor Chris Done of our Physics Department, has made a surprising discovery about powerful winds blasting from around a neutron star.

Scientists from our top-rated Physics department have played a crucial role in verifying the quality of specialist materials destined for the magnets of ITER.

Astronomers have solved a centuries-old puzzle surrounding one of the Universe's oldest and densest star systems.

Scientists from our top-rated Biosciences Department and partner institutions have created the first ever complete map of a hidden system that helps plants survive when the world around them changes. The research focuses on a process called SUMOylation (a way that cells fine-tune how proteins work).

New mothers only have about an hour out of their waking day for rest, according to new research by our psychologists.

When the devastating magnitude 7. Wenchuan Earthquake struck central China in May 2008, it triggered more than 60,000 landslides, reshaping the slopes of the Longmen Shan mountains.

A team of scientists, including researchers from our Earth Sciences Department, has discovered new evidence that long-lasting droughts played a major role in the decline of the ancient Maya civilisation more than a thousand years ago.

New research is challenging long-standing assumptions about autism and physical activity, offering fresh insights into the experiences of autistic adults.

An international team of astronomers have discovered a remarkably clumpy rotating galaxy that existed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, shedding new light on how galaxies grew and evolved in the early Universe.

An international team of researchers including physicists here in Durham have made a breakthrough that could help make our phones and computers faster and more energy efficient.

Women politicians in the United States who deviate from party expectations or views are judged more harshly than men by voters.

Researchers from our top-rated Biosciences department have uncovered a fascinating way tropical plants in Fiji manage to keep peace among rival ant colonies.

A new study has proposed the existence of a new type of cosmic object that could be hiding at the centre of our galaxy. This new research was led by Dr Djuna Croon from our top-rated Physics department, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Hawai'i and the University of Liverpool. The research team also included an undergraduate student from our Physics department.

Dr Cyril Bourgenot from our Centre for Advanced Instrumentation is part of a team developing cutting-edge technology to enable astronomers to look deeper into the Universe.

Chimpanzees have been observed copying quirky social behaviours from one another - wearing grass in their ears and bottoms - despite these actions offering no apparent practical benefit.