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Professor Richard Dawson talks to BBC Radio 4 as part of the ‘Climate Change and Me’ series to discuss the dramatic changes to our planet that have occurred in his lifetime.

published on: 24 May 2018

A Newcastle University academic is among those bringing a judicial review challenging health policy at the High Court.

published on: 24 May 2018

The perceived safety and quality of food imported from Europe into China provides commercial opportunities for European food producers, research has found.

published on: 23 May 2018

The mechanism our immune cells use to clear bacterial infections like tuberculosis might also be implicated in Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study.

published on: 22 May 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Gordon Port explains why the skies are filled with greenfly and how to get rid of them.

published on: 22 May 2018

Leading scientists say Newcastle University will rise to the challenge of the Prime Minister’s new Industrial Strategy.

published on: 21 May 2018

Peter Hanmer presents Plato’s Lair – the winning entry from 2017’s Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor competition.

published on: 18 May 2018

THE Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) has appointed Professor David Burn, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, as its new Chair-elect.

published on: 18 May 2018

An enterprising duo of Newcastle University graduates have set out to refresh the growing beverage market with the launch of a new brand of tonic water.

published on: 17 May 2018

Contemporary artworks installed among ancient Italian ruins.

published on: 17 May 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr discusses music trends in the charts.

published on: 16 May 2018

£4.8 million research programme will look at how we better maintain and monitor our infrastructure.

published on: 16 May 2018

Lack of “happiness” hormone makes rice plants less attractive to insects

published on: 15 May 2018

The latest development in the partnership between Siemens and Newcastle University is launched today to accelerate digitalisation and meet the needs of an increasingly-digitalised society.

published on: 15 May 2018

Senior managers, academic and professional staff at Newcastle University have been meeting with the region’s employers in order to develop relevant apprenticeship training in areas of high demand.

published on: 14 May 2018

Students from Newcastle University have worked alongside staff at a North East nature reserve to create exciting new habitats for the wildlife which can be found there.

published on: 11 May 2018

Some 50 years since the world’s first heart transplant, a BBC documentary looks at a year in the lives of patients in need of a new heart, and the medics using cutting-edge technology to treat them.

published on: 11 May 2018

The closure is to allow for the installation of Which Way North, a special exhibition throughout the museum as part of this summer’s Great Exhibition of the North.

published on: 11 May 2018

Newcastle University Boat Club rowers have been crowned 2018 BUCS Regatta Champions.

published on: 10 May 2018

Can an urn inspire you to explore the story of Mary Eleanor Bowes? Would paintings spark new interest in Thomas Bewick? How will communities respond to the sound of bells in a disused church?

published on: 10 May 2018

Scientists have discovered bees linger on a flower, emptying it of nectar, because they have sugar-sensing taste neurons which work together to prolong the pleasure of the sweetness.

published on: 10 May 2018

Researchers at Newcastle University look at impact of automated decision making in banking has on consumer trust.

published on: 10 May 2018

Two leading academics affiliated to Newcastle University have been given prestigious awards for their outstanding work in health research.

published on: 10 May 2018

Architecture students have had the tutorial of a lifetime with one of the world’s most famous and prolific architects.

published on: 4 May 2018

Women going through the menopause experience a range of both physical and psychological symptoms and the effect can be hugely inconvenient and embarrassing, writes Dr Meera Vijayaraghavan.

published on: 4 May 2018

Body-worn sensors used at home and in clinic by people with mild Alzheimer’s to assess walking could offer a cost-effective way to detect early disease and monitor progression of the illness.

published on: 4 May 2018

Why conservation policies which value species based on their ‘usefulness’ are putting birds like the humble crow at risk.

published on: 3 May 2018

Newcastle University music students will be on song as they take to the stage at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House to perform Acis and Galatea

published on: 3 May 2018

The North East’s universities are joining forces under a £3.9m scheme to connect the region’s businesses with research to encourage growth and job creation.

published on: 3 May 2018

Experts from Newcastle University are working with colleagues at Ardhi University in Tanzania to tackle one of the world’s biggest dangers to health.

published on: 3 May 2018

Canine volunteers are being sought in a bid to better understand one of the most common health problems affecting the nation’s 8.5 million dogs.

published on: 2 May 2018

The first study of its kind has found that people who vape have the same mix of gut bacteria as non-smokers, whilst smokers have significant changes to their microbiome.

published on: 1 May 2018

Research involving Newcastle University has devised a ‘risk score’ which will be used to help frail older people have better support in hospital.

published on: 27 April 2018

Tributes have been paid to veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Archie Sibeko, who has passed away.

published on: 27 April 2018

Jane and Louise Wilson have been elected as a new Royal Academician in the category of Printmaking by the Royal Academy of Arts

published on: 26 April 2018

A new species of fish discovered 8,000 metres down has been named one of the most remarkable new species of 2017 by the World Register of Marine Species.

published on: 26 April 2018

A team of international scientists have created a new form of highly-efficient, low-cost insulation based on the wings of a dragonfly.

published on: 26 April 2018

Long-term use of some anticholinergic medications are associated with an increased risk of dementia, a landmark study has revealed.

published on: 25 April 2018

The Prime Minister has appointed Jane Wilson as a Trustee of Tate for four years, commencing on 30 March 2018.

published on: 25 April 2018

Newcastle University has moved to a higher position in a prestigious national league table.

published on: 25 April 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Craig Jones discusses how the US, UK, France and others have been involved in a bombing campaign in Syria for a number of years.

published on: 25 April 2018

Tributes have been paid to one of the region’s best-known scientists and an internationally-renowned hydrogeologist and environmental engineer.

published on: 24 April 2018

Patients from across the country will be recruited to take part in a major trial examining a new treatment for bipolar disorder.

published on: 23 April 2018

Newcastle and Dundee University researchers have uncovered an alternative path of how the breast cancer drug palbociclib drives malignant cells into cell death, senescence.

published on: 23 April 2018

Fifty years to the day since a memorial service was held in Newcastle to remember Dr Martin Luther King, a special service will take place to honour the civil rights icon.

published on: 20 April 2018

Patients with a rare medical condition can receive life-saving treatment at the touch of a button thanks to a new device developed by scientists.

published on: 20 April 2018

Staff and students are celebrating women’s contribution to industry and society, past and present..

published on: 19 April 2018

Increasing numbers of people worldwide are suffering life-long disability and dying prematurely due to the ineffective treatment of people with multiple health conditions, a new report suggests.

published on: 19 April 2018

Newcastle University Business School is among 30 global institutions praised for its bold and innovative approaches to business education.

published on: 18 April 2018

The Head of Newcastle University's Fine Art department has designed a series of coins The Royal Mint to commemorate a century of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

published on: 18 April 2018

From the right to vote to space exploration, the popular Insights public lectures series explores frontiers with a range of speakers and topics.

published on: 17 April 2018

Parents’ diets and health can have implications for the growth, development, and long-term health of their children before their conception, a study with Newcastle University reveals.

published on: 16 April 2018

Two new electric vehicle rapid filling stations are planned for motorists in Newcastle and Sunderland.

published on: 13 April 2018

Newcastle University Business School is celebrating 30 years of international accreditation for its MBA programme, highlighting its commitment to excellence in management education.

published on: 13 April 2018

A self-built tandem trike is to travel around Newcastle and Gateshead dispensing seed pods as part of an exciting new art project.

published on: 13 April 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Peter Hopkins and Kawtar Najib discuss differences in anti-Muslim acts that take place in the two capitals.

published on: 13 April 2018

The similarities between the cities of Newcastle and Pittsburgh were under the spotlight, when Newcastle University welcomed a high level delegation from the University of Pittsburgh.

published on: 13 April 2018

A platform bringing together world-leading diagnostic resources and expertise to develop new and innovative technologies to improve patient health and wellbeing has been launched.

published on: 11 April 2018

Experts at Newcastle University are part of a new project to drive forward collaboration to bring the Internet of Things into our daily lives.

published on: 9 April 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Kevin Crosby highlights the ways jurors have been punished for breaking the law.

published on: 3 April 2018

A set of teaching resources inspired by Tyneside’s radical past is helping schoolchildren to gain a better understanding of civil rights in today’s world.

published on: 3 April 2018

A fascinating new project will see contemporary artworks installed among the ancient ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii, creating two art venues in stunning, historically resonant settings.

published on: 29 March 2018

The North East’s universities are joining forces to commercialise research and boost the region’s economy after a Minister announced £4.9m in Government funding.

published on: 29 March 2018

A research chef has been shortlisted for a BBC Food and Farming award for Cook of the Year for his work helping patients recover the pleasure of eating.

published on: 28 March 2018

Pioneering early people who lived at the end of the last ice age actually carried on with life as usual despite plummeting temperatures, a study suggests.

published on: 27 March 2018

Cancer patients in Europe could soon receive a life-extending drug invented and developed by scientists at Newcastle University.

published on: 26 March 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Jon Coburn discusses how the March for Our Lives suggests that a far more significant movement for democratic change is taking root.

published on: 26 March 2018

Professor Phil Taylor explains why the Government’s decision to refuse an open cast mine at Druridge Bay will set a benchmark for the future of energy in the UK.

published on: 23 March 2018

Newcastle University and its Students’ Union have announced the winners of the first round of a new competition to find the students who have gone ‘above and beyond’ in their community.

published on: 23 March 2018

Newcastle University has been ranked among the best in the UK for student experience by an influential higher education publication.

published on: 22 March 2018

Two Newcastle University buildings are in the running for the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) North East Awards 2018.

published on: 22 March 2018

Humanity is being squeezed out of education with dire consequences for teachers and pupils, says a Newcastle University expert.

published on: 22 March 2018

Writing for Cambridge Consultants, Nicola Millar explains how we are working to develop a drug-free approach for managing menopausal hot flushes.

published on: 22 March 2018

Newcastle’s global hub for urban innovation enters next phase in development.

published on: 22 March 2018

Newcastle University Business School is offering up to £250,000 of scholarship funding to support MBA students.

published on: 21 March 2018

Newcastle University has been awarded one of only ten prestigious Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programmes.

published on: 20 March 2018

Newcastle University has appointed Professor Nigel Harkness as its new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

published on: 20 March 2018

Young people whose families support them financially are not only more likely to remain dependent on their parents, but also become less ambitious new research has shown.

published on: 19 March 2018

Catherine McKinnell MP met cancer scientists at Newcastle University to learn about their life-saving work.

published on: 19 March 2018

A documentary which charts Professor Sugata Mitra’s efforts to establish his School in the Cloud in India and the UK will be given its world premiere.

published on: 16 March 2018

The Newcastle Poetry Festival brings together an exciting blend of award-winning poets, musicians, painters and film-makers packed into four dynamic days.

published on: 15 March 2018

A new exhibition at Newcastle University’s Great North Museum: Hancock will bring together art and medicine to reflect on the beauty and complexity of the human heart.

published on: 15 March 2018

The House of Commons that was elected just months after women were given the right to vote failed to live up to the promise of a more representative democracy.

published on: 15 March 2018

Newcastle University student, Joe Reid has been named the UK’s best undergraduate dentist in a national dental skills competition.

published on: 14 March 2018

A new centre will be set up in Newcastle to look at the development of cell, gene and tissue engineered therapies in the UK.

published on: 12 March 2018

More than 100 Careers Services leaders from around the world will be in Newcastle to share expertise and best practise of delivering excellent career services for students and employers.

published on: 12 March 2018

Delegates from all over the world have headed to Newcastle University for a conference and multimedia event series about the celebrated Japanese author.

published on: 9 March 2018

Researchers from the global Human Cell Atlas Consortium, including Newcastle University, have sequenced the first 250 thousand developmental cells.

published on: 8 March 2018

A group of subsea engineers from Newcastle University and Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have reached the finals of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to find new ways to map the ocean floor.

published on: 8 March 2018

Why the need for evidence-based research is more important than ever before.

published on: 7 March 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Stacy Gillis discusses women's writing and selects novels about women and independence.

published on: 7 March 2018

The evidence on which India’s top selling drug combinations for diabetes have been approved for sale is shoddy, finds the first study of its kind.

published on: 7 March 2018

Researchers have received a grant of more than £340,000 to test a new technique which could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of aggressive prostate cancer.

published on: 6 March 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr argues that The Rolling Stones harking back to their past is ensuring that they and the music remain relevant.

published on: 6 March 2018

International students continue to rate highly their experience at Newcastle University, an international student survey has revealed.

published on: 5 March 2018

Newcastle University Business School appoints educational leader as new Goldman Visiting Professor

published on: 2 March 2018

The full programme for the Great Exhibition of the North 2018 has been announced.

published on: 28 February 2018

The latest information from the Met Office indicates that a yellow weather warning is now in place.

published on: 28 February 2018

The risk of man-made earthquakes due to fracking is greatly reduced if high-pressure fluid injection used to crack underground rocks is 895m away from faults in the Earth’s crust.

published on: 28 February 2018

Newcastle University subjects are among the world’s best, according to global higher education rankings.

published on: 28 February 2018

At a time when family doctors are at ‘saturation point’ and facing a crisis in recruitment, new research reveals that they carry the burden of healthcare of our rapidly ageing population.

published on: 27 February 2018

A team of scientists have headed to the world’s biggest iceberg to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up to 120,000 years.

published on: 23 February 2018

Over 300 Newcastle University students worked with residents and helped charities across the city as part of the Raising and Giving (RAG) Community Day.

published on: 23 February 2018

Landmark study shows the impact of flooding, droughts and heatwaves by 2050-2100 will exceed previous predictions.

published on: 21 February 2018

A type of Roman ring which inspired JRR Tolkien to write The Hobbit has been shown to be unique to the late fourth and fifth centuries when Britain was slipping from the Roman Empire’s grasp.

published on: 21 February 2018

Car insurance providers conceal which brands they own to improve the likelihood one of them is chosen by a potential new customer when using online comparison sites.

published on: 20 February 2018

Concert goers in the region spend almost £44m a year on tickets, transport, food, drink and merchandise and support 1,620 full-time equivalent jobs, a study into the live music scene has shown.

published on: 16 February 2018

A century after Sir Alexander Fleming made two of the most important medical breakthroughs, scientists have unlocked the secret of how his discoveries may contribute to recurrent patient infections.

published on: 15 February 2018

Strict controls would be “a necessity” to minimise the risk of spills and leaks from any future UK shale gas industry, according to new research.

published on: 15 February 2018

A bionic hand that can ‘see’ objects and pick them up by itself has won a prestigious 2018 Netexplo UNESCO Award in Paris.

published on: 13 February 2018

A Newcastle University academic will be working at the heart of Parliament after being appointed as Senior Research Analyst for the House of Commons Library.

published on: 12 February 2018

Residents across Newcastle are being asked to nominate students who have gone above and beyond to support their community.

published on: 12 February 2018

Experts from Newcastle University are contributing to this year’s Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival.

published on: 9 February 2018

Miniature glasses have revealed a new form of 3D vision in praying mantises that could lead to simpler visual processing for robots.

published on: 8 February 2018

Newcastle University has been awarded £5.2 million for doctoral training starting September 2018.

published on: 7 February 2018

An international study involving Newcastle University has been launched to answer the final questions before aspirin could be recommended to reduce cancer risk.

published on: 6 February 2018

Millions of unapproved antibiotics are being sold in India, according to a new study by leading researchers.

published on: 5 February 2018

Scientists are uniting with fundraisers in Newcastle today to celebrate the discovery of a life-extending cancer drug developed in the region, ahead of its possible European licensing.

published on: 5 February 2018

Writing for The Conversation, Professor T. T. Arvind and Professor Lindsay Stirton analyse the problems modern public sector outsourcing.

published on: 2 February 2018