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Some of the world's leading academics are discussing their work in a series of webinars organised by Durham University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Have you ever thought about all the wasted heat that's released into our atmosphere from large factories and power stations?

The Duchess of Cornwall today visited the training centre where trials will take place to determine whether dogs can sniff out Covid-19 in people.

Changes in climate and habitat on the breeding and non-breeding grounds of migratory birds are both playing an important part in driving their long-term population changes.

A team from our Archaeology Department have been helping to uncover the past of a rare Viking artefact. The origins of a corroded, damaged helmet, which was unearthed in Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees, UK, has caused much debate for many years and Dr Chris Caple and his team were asked to carry out research to find out more about it.

In an era before the internet and smartphones the dropping of the atomic bombs and eventual surrender of Japan on VJ Day was reported in more traditional ways.

Have you ever spilled your coffee on your desk? You may then have observed one of the most puzzling phenomena of fluid mechanics - the coffee-ring effect.

A supercomputer simulation carried out in Durham that realistically calculates the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang to the present day is one of cosmology's most popular research papers of the past decade.

Since lockdown began in England, children have become increasing sedentary with one in fourteen children reported to be doing no daily exercise.

Giant impacts have a wide range of consequences for young planets and their atmospheres, according to research led by our scientists.

Our computer scientists are helping to reduce racial bias in facial recognition algorithms. Facial recognition is becoming an essential part of our daily lives, from its use in security to education, to virtual assistants and personal gym trainers.

Infectious diseases have been with us since our beginnings as a species. Professor Charlotte Roberts explains what the archaeological record reveals about epidemics throughout history - and the human response to them. The previous pandemics to which people often compare COVID-19 - the influenza pandemic of 1918 , the Black Death bubonic plague (1342-1353), the Justinian plague (541-542) - don't seem that long ago to archaeologists.

New research by Dr Stacey Pope has found that Covid-19 is impacting men's and women's football differently.

Dr Noreen Masud has taken up the prestigious role as one of this year's New Generation Thinkers (NGT) which will see her working with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3.

Professor Richard Harris, Deputy Executive Dean (Research) and Professor of Economics at Durham University Business School considers the question: How will Covid-19 affect productivity in the UK? The

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought massive changes to our lives including how we say goodbye to our loved ones.

Claire Horwell in our Department of Earth Sciences and Fiona McDonald in the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) , Australia, consider the mixed messages behind face mask use during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Elena Miltiadis from Anthropology considers the way our emotional memory of this pandemic will affect our future behaviour As we do whatever we can to stop the spread of coronavirus, we are being for

What is life like for young people during the current crisis' How do they feel and what impact is the Coronavirus pandemic having on their education, job, housing, finance and relationships? Our researchers have launched a new study looking at young people's experiences of living under lockdown.