The Government today launched a consultation on draft regulations for the use of new techniques to prevent mothers passing on serious mitochondrial diseases to their children. 

published on: 27 February 2014

Newcastle University subjects have been named among the world's best in the new QS World Subject rankings.

published on: 27 February 2014

An ambitious project will help address a significant gap in the history of the UK’s film and television industries.

published on: 27 February 2014

The inaugural International Translational Medical Research Conference takes place at Newcastle University's Malaysian medical campus based in EduCity in Johor, NUMed Malaysia.

published on: 26 February 2014

Newcastle University has appointed London-based architects Hawkins\Brown, in conjunction with BuroHappold and BD Landscapes, to design a £50 million ‘living lab’ on Science Central.

published on: 24 February 2014

The outstanding achievements of two Folk Music graduates over the past year were recognised at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in London.

published on: 20 February 2014

New research at Newcastle University suggests that young arthritis sufferers make decisions based on how treatment will affect their appearance, their social life and their physical and mental well-being.

published on: 19 February 2014

Although Britain is currently suffering from rain, thunderstorms and severe flooding, experts at Newcastle University are warning the Government that its current thinking on future energy generation risks locking the UK into a situation where water availability could put energy security in danger.

published on: 17 February 2014

The spread of antibiotic-resistance to one of the most pristine locations in Asia is linked to the annual human pilgrimages to the region, new research has shown.

published on: 17 February 2014

Newcastle University scientists will lead a groundbreaking research project aimed at beating childhood brain tumours.

published on: 14 February 2014

New collaborative research between Newcastle and Swansea University indicates that mothers who choose to follow strict parenting routines for sleep and feeding in early infancy are less likely to breastfeed their baby or to stop in the first few weeks.

published on: 14 February 2014

A unique toolkit has been launched to make it easier for universities to share research equipment, and as a result increase research excellence and improve efficiencies.

published on: 13 February 2014

Greenfield Arts is to become part of Professor Sugata Mitra’s new global educational experiment: The School in the Cloud.

published on: 13 February 2014

On 12 February, QuantuMDx will launch an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to support the humanitarian health challenge to eradicate malaria by further developing and trialing their 15-minute malaria/drug resistance test using their handheld laboratory.

published on: 11 February 2014

Despite conjuring up images of vastness and opulence, Titanic was actually no bigger than a North Sea ferry and could easily sit on the deck of a large container ship.

published on: 11 February 2014

Dr Neil Thorpe, Lecturer in Transport Studies in the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, discusses the difficulty of trying to ban smoking in cars.

published on: 10 February 2014

For people with schizophrenia who can't or won't take antipsychotic drug treatment, cognitive therapy could be a viable therapeutic alternative, according to a groundbreaking randomised trial published in the Lancet.

published on: 6 February 2014

India’s first ‘School in the Cloud’ facility is off to an auspicious start: it’s located just across the road from the original Hole in the Wall that sparked a global phenomenon.

published on: 4 February 2014