Professor Douglas Davies, one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of death studies, has been recognised with a ...

The way in which babies are soothed could be more important than how quickly mothers respond, according to new research revealing cultural differences in how babies are comforted. Researchers ...

The Durham researchers will be part of expert sub-panels that will assess UK universities’ research for the Research ...

Many mothers feel like they are "always on", even during supposed breaks. The emotional and mental demands of caring for a ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration has been awarded the 2026 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York ...

The Raby Redcurrant initiative exemplifies the partnership’s blend of science, history, and community. It involved Durham researchers and Raby staff tracing the origins of the famous redcurrant to ...

A heritage project that connects local communities with our world-class museum collections is expanding thanks to funding ...

Durham’s annual Book Festival will return from 10 – 12 October, welcoming a host of writers and thinkers from across the ...

Using a now standard form of migration policy analysis (see the IMPALA project) we codified the primary and secondary ...

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

The UK Government is seeking to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers. Professor Jonathan Darling, from our ...

Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion – a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern ...