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Hybrid event to highlight Black Britons’ rich legacy and progressive contributions to self and society

published on: 21 October 2021

New PCR assays developed by Newcastle University scientists offer hope in the fight against the environmental spread of antimicrobial resistance.

published on: 21 October 2021

Newcastle University is joining higher education institutions in throwing its full support behind government's aims to cut carbon emissions as part of efforts to combat the global climate emergency.

published on: 20 October 2021

PhD student Parisa Akaber has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm as a multi-stage optimisation solution for scheduling and load management of electric fleet charging.

published on: 19 October 2021

Join award winning children’s author Beverley Naidoo and Newcastle University researcher Helen King as they discuss Beverley’s Carnegie Medal-winning novel, The Other Side of Truth.

published on: 18 October 2021

Artificial Intelligence and Human Existence: Stuart Russell is the BBC Radio 4 Reith Lecturer for 2021, and Newcastle University is hosting one of the high-profile lectures.

published on: 14 October 2021

Recognising the importance of the North East as a key centre of battery research, innovation, skills and production, the Faraday Institution has opened a regional office in Newcastle.

published on: 14 October 2021

Assessing the stiffness of the arteries could help identify patients most at risk of dying from Covid-19, new research has revealed.

published on: 12 October 2021

Newcastle University will be part of a new training partnership (CTP) between Procter & Gamble Technical Centres Limited and the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council).

published on: 8 October 2021

In the build-up to and during COP26, a new exhibition at Newcastle University will highlight pioneering work addressing climate change.

published on: 5 October 2021

Newcastle University and industry partners have been given the backing to launch a new project that will see customer bills and carbon emissions reduced by December 2025.

published on: 1 October 2021

Events are taking place at Newcastle University throughout October and beyond to celebrate the achievements of people with African and Caribbean heritage.

published on: 1 October 2021

Without adaptation, sea-level rise will put millions more people at risk of flooding, scientists have warned.

published on: 30 September 2021

Scientists will be flying drones to monitor tree health as part of an initiative to cut the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.

published on: 30 September 2021

Newcastle University’s popular programme of talks and music will run from 30 September until 7 December.

published on: 30 September 2021

Twenty seven Newcastle University experts have been awarded Fellowships by The Alan Turing Institute.

published on: 30 September 2021

Researchers have found that in the space of just a few weeks, numerous blood and immune cell types emerge from developing bone marrow, including key white blood cells that protect against bacteria.

published on: 29 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, James Barker discusses how the title track from Dolly Parton's album of 50 years ago still resonates with many LGBTQ+ fans.

published on: 29 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Duika Burges Watson and Professor Vincent Deary discuss how COVID smell loss can have profound effects on life, from weight change to intimacy barriers.

published on: 29 September 2021

Universities in the North East of England contribute £3.7 billion to the economy and support 32,000 jobs across the region, new findings by Frontier Economics today reveal.

published on: 29 September 2021

New research led by experts at Newcastle University is targeting high-grade childhood brain tumour.

published on: 23 September 2021

Government should harness the jobs, skills and investment universities bring to the community as they look to recover from Covid-19, leading universities in the North East have said. 

published on: 22 September 2021

Newcastle University’s Hatton Gallery, regarded as the birthplace of Pop Art, will once again bring works by Pop Art legends to the region with its Print Goes Pop exhibition this autumn.

published on: 22 September 2021

Two University and industry projects have been backed by the Department of Transport (DfT) as winners of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.

published on: 22 September 2021

Leading academic Jarka Glassey, Professor of Chemical Engineering Education, has been elected a Fellow by The Royal Academy of Engineering.

published on: 22 September 2021

The world’s biggest donor intervention study has been launched in the UK to look at improving the quality of donated organs.

published on: 21 September 2021

Centuries of agricultural practices have moulded the lie of the land across the country.

published on: 16 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Jas Kalra discusses the causes of supply chain shortagesand identifies three things which could ease the situation.

published on: 16 September 2021

Research into children, families, public mental health and places and communities has been boosted with £25 milllion for the NIHR School for Public Health Research.

published on: 16 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Abigail Marks discusses the issues surrounding a shorter working week.

published on: 14 September 2021

Award-winning North-East actors have joined forces with academics to showcase stories of true Geordie grit – and the dialect used by the generation behind tales from post-war Tyneside.

published on: 13 September 2021

Newcastle University’s Chair and Professor of Practice of Social Justice is one of three new commissioners on the board of the Fulbright Commission.

published on: 8 September 2021

Dr Yujiang Wang and Dr Chris Harrison are among the nearly 100 of the UK’s future science leaders set to benefit from a £113m cash boost to help commercialise their innovations.

published on: 8 September 2021

Many diseases have their origin in early human development, and today, two publications in Nature reveal how researchers from the Human Cell Atlas consortium are advancing understanding of this.

published on: 8 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Stacy Gillis discusses why the Women’s Prize for Fiction is one way of ensuring t women’s stories are told and re-told.

published on: 8 September 2021

Northerners were more likely to die from Covid, spent nearly six weeks more in lockdowns, suffered worse mental health and were made poorer than the rest of England in the first year of the pandemic.

published on: 8 September 2021

Newcastle University has moved 32 places and into the global top 150 in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

published on: 2 September 2021

The definition of remission from type 2 diabetes has been re-written for medics in America, Europe and Britain thanks in part to the work of Newcastle University’s Professor Roy Taylor.

published on: 31 August 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr discusses how Charlie Watts' unique drumming was integral to the sound of the Rolling Stones.

published on: 26 August 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Sunil Bhopal discusses new research looking at the effects of Covid-19 in children.

published on: 26 August 2021

Writing for The Conversation, PhD researcher Douglas Boyes discusses why the changing colour of our streetlights could be a danger for insect populations.

published on: 26 August 2021

'Eco-friendly’ LED streetlights are even more harmful for insect populations than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a new study has shown.

published on: 26 August 2021

Climate change has made extreme rainfall events more likely, scientists have warned.

published on: 24 August 2021

Latest figures reveal how North East Universities make an impact to the region’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

published on: 23 August 2021

Newcastle University has received a donation of more than £100,000 to transform the Gertrude Bell Archive, 100 years on from Bell’s pivotal role in establishing the Kingdom of Iraq.

published on: 23 August 2021

Work by nine postgraduate students will be on show at the Hatton Gallery until 4 September.

published on: 20 August 2021

Little Addison Black has had a difficult start to life as she has battled a rare condition that only affects a handful of youngsters worldwide.

published on: 19 August 2021

We are deeply concerned about the situation in Afghanistan and what it will mean for those living there.

published on: 18 August 2021

Valence 2 is an art and science collaboration and investigation at Newcastle University between the Fine Art Department and the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (WCMR).

published on: 18 August 2021

Funding bodies and governments are being told to focus research in key areas of airways diseases to help patients with long Covid.

published on: 17 August 2021

Newcastle University research offers important insights into how we could turn DNA into a green-by-design data structure that organises data like conventional computers.

published on: 12 August 2021

Newcastle University Fine Art recent graduates present their work in the Newcastle University Fine Art Graduate Showcase 2021.

published on: 11 August 2021

Tiny synthetic particles known as dendrimers avoid detection by our immune system and could help develop a new way to deliver drugs into the body without triggering a reaction.

published on: 11 August 2021

Newcastle University has received £1.45M funding to support students to study and work abroad as part of the government’s new Turing Scheme.

published on: 9 August 2021

Newcastle University will be part of a new £5 million research programme to help the UK adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

published on: 6 August 2021

Researchers at Newcastle University Business School are to look at how the UK's small businesses have understood and complied with government regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

published on: 5 August 2021

Newcastle University colleagues have received accolades for the quality of their teaching.

published on: 5 August 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr discusses the influence of MTV over the last four decades.

published on: 3 August 2021

The Antony Gormley sculpture CLASP, is to be removed temporarily from Newcastle University’s campus for maintenance work and for the application of a protective surface coating.

published on: 3 August 2021

The mystery surrounding a 1,800 year old skeleton is at the heart of a new video game app designed to help children learn about life on Hadrian’s Wall.

published on: 2 August 2021