Case Studies
Pinpointing carbon-free helium gas fields to avert global supply crisis
Our Durham Energy Institute researchers are part of an international team that has identified hidden natural helium gas fields.
Report calls on men’s professional football clubs to tackle sexism
A new report is calling on men’s professional football clubs to tackle pervasive sexism and misogyny in the sport.
Scientists decrypt the ‘mechanical code’ of DNA
Our highly-rated Department of Biosciences has helped to decipher the mechanical code of DNA.
Can you help record the UK’s mammal activity?
If you’re interested in conservation and ecology, our MammalWeb project needs your help to chart the activity of the UK’s mammals.
Supercomputer simulations reveal new possibilities for the Moon's origin
Our pioneering scientists from the Institute for Computational Cosmology used supercomputer simulations to reveal an alternate explanation for the Moon’s origin, as a satellite placed immediately into orbit following a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body.
£2bn cost of mental ill health ‘parallel pandemic’
We’ve contributed to a report which shows that the negative effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health was largest and most prolonged in the North of England.
Building Atom Bank's Digital Twin
Durham-based Atom Bank is a digital challenger bank offering an app-based innovative and efficient banking experience.
In partnership with P&G: the chemistry of cleaning
Our award-winning strategic partnership with P&G has enabled unique and globally scalable innovations that have improved billions of consumers' lives around the world.
Consumer behavioural profiling results in significant financial gains
Collaborative research into consumer behavioural profiling and impulse buying led by Professor Sarah Xiao and Professor Mike Nicholson at the Business School, has enabled marketing agencies and companies to build new marketing toolkits which have resulted in significant financial gains.
Opening up the Classics to the digital world
Durham’s research helps people all over the world to access ancient Greek and Latin literature.
Protecting global communities from harmful volcanic emissions
Our Earth Sciences research is helping communities living near active volcanoes, and the agencies protecting them, to reduce exposure to volcanic emissions.
Helping species adapt to climate change
Our bioscientists are playing a key role in identifying the impact of climate change on plant and animal life.