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Two Durham researchers appointed to lead REF 2029 sub-panels

Two Durham University researchers are to take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.

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The recipe for finding clean hydrogen

Clean hydrogen could be key to a greener future and there is a lot if it right beneath our feet in the Earth’s crust. The trick is knowing exactly where it is and in which conditions it survives. For this, the geology needs to be just right.
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Blue water-like bubbles of different sizes

500-million-year-old ancient fossil mystery solved by scientists

A new study led by our Earth Sciences department has made a surprising discovery about a mysterious fossil from the Cambrian period — over 500 million years ago.
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Shishania fossil

University spin-out company receives prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise

University spin-out company Geoptic has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for its pioneering approach to assessing the condition and safety of railway tunnels.
Business and Partnerships
View looking through an old brick railway tunnel.

Two of our scientists awarded prestigious quantum fellowships

Two researchers from our top-rated Physics department have been awarded prestigious Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowships by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
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EPSRC Quantum fellowship 2025 recipients

Final findings from Kilo-Degree survey confirm cosmology model

A major international research effort has confirmed the standard model of cosmology using data from 41 million galaxies.
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The Kilo-Degree Survey has taken images of 41 million galaxies in its eight years of observation. This image shows a section of the data set.

Inside the sex lives of chimpanzees: it’s about much more than just reproduction

Dr Jake Brooker and Professor Zanna Clay of our Department of Psychology share their new research on the social role sex plays in bonobo and chimpanzee groups.
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Four chimpanzees walk in a line in the forest
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Two Durham researchers appointed to lead REF 2029 sub-panels

Two Durham University researchers are to take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.

Photos of two men wearing suits facing camera

The recipe for finding clean hydrogen

Clean hydrogen could be key to a greener future and there is a lot if it right beneath our feet in the Earth’s crust. The trick is knowing exactly where it is and in which conditions it survives. For this, the geology needs to be just right.
Blue water-like bubbles of different sizes

500-million-year-old ancient fossil mystery solved by scientists

A new study led by our Earth Sciences department has made a surprising discovery about a mysterious fossil from the Cambrian period — over 500 million years ago.
Shishania fossil
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