Strengthened relationships and shared approaches to global challenges between UK and China’s leading universities are the focus of a Russell Group Vice-Chancellor delegation to Shanghai on October 31.

published on: 31 October 2016

Pressure responsive bacteria could create the foundations of buildings in the future, new research suggests.

published on: 28 October 2016

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Volodymyr Bilotkach explains why airport expansion is needed.

published on: 26 October 2016

Scientists have revealed how early intervention to help parents and their autistic children communicate better can help reduce autistic symptoms in the long-term.

published on: 26 October 2016

Freedom City 2017 awarded Arts Council funding for city-wide celebration of Martin Luther King's visit to Newcastle University to receive an honorary degree.

published on: 25 October 2016

Dr Volodymyr Bilotkach, Senior lecturer in Economics at Newcastle University Business School, responds to the Government’s decision to expand airport capacity by building a third runway at Heathrow.

published on: 25 October 2016

Losing the youthful firmness and elasticity in our skin is one of the first outward signs of ageing. Now it seems it’s not just our skin that starts to sag - but our brains too.

published on: 24 October 2016

Professor Selina Stead has been recognised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) for her long-term commitment and outstanding contributions to the Society.

published on: 24 October 2016

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Rhona Smith explains that Cambodia has come a long way in 25 years of peace – but it’s far from perfect.

published on: 21 October 2016

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Stuart Baker discusses how using primate research is giving us treatments that would be otherwise impossible.

published on: 20 October 2016

Newcastle University has further strengthened its expertise in agriculture and the rural economy with the appointment of Professor Sally Shortall

published on: 19 October 2016

Free lunchtime concerts will return to the King’s Hall this October when it re-opens following a year-long refurbishment.

published on: 19 October 2016

Chris Blower, 30, is a third year Biomedical Sciences student at Newcastle University and he had a stroke when he was a child after open heart surgery. He describes his thoughts on the device.

published on: 19 October 2016

Stroke patients are starting a trial of a new electronic device to recover movement and control of their hand.

published on: 19 October 2016

Birds could hold the key to saving our conkers and the public is being urged to help collect the evidence.

published on: 18 October 2016

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Peter Cumpson discusses new techniques that could detect traces of past microbial life in meteorites from Mars.

published on: 13 October 2016

Biological evidence of life in basalt rocks - similar to those found on Mars - has been detected for the first time.

published on: 13 October 2016

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Peter Hopkins looks at how Islamophobia affects everyday life.

published on: 12 October 2016

EPSRC, Siemens and Newcastle University officially launch the new £20m centre for energy systems research.

published on: 11 October 2016

Newcastle and Gateshead will celebrate art, design and innovation as hosts of the Great Exhibition of the North in 2018.

published on: 11 October 2016

Professor Steve Graham's new book, Vertical, is a revolutionary re-imagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on beneath our feet.

published on: 11 October 2016

Every year in the UK around 1,600 children are diagnosed with cancer, and thanks to research, the number of children surviving their disease has tripled since the 1960s.

published on: 10 October 2016

Newcastle University is leading a major project to help design the next generation of Metrocars for the Tyne and Wear Metro.

published on: 10 October 2016

A colony of bats living at Newcastle University’s largest student accommodation are moving into new, purpose-built ‘houses’.

published on: 7 October 2016

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Matt Perry explains why the Jarrow Crusade still relevant today

published on: 6 October 2016

What will Newcastle Gateshead and Seven Stories look like in 2065?

published on: 5 October 2016

The modern-day relevance of the Jarrow Crusade is included in a new series of Insights public lectures at Newcastle University, which starts next week.

published on: 5 October 2016

The University is working with global energy company, ENGIE, to explore joint projects that address challenges around ageing, smart data and energy.

published on: 5 October 2016

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Catherine Douglas says that when it comes to cats we have lots to be thankful for.

published on: 4 October 2016

A new technique that gives quicker and more accurate information about a person’s levels of vitamin A could help improve the health of millions.

published on: 4 October 2016

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Jeff Errington discusses how the bacterial cell wall can help us understand how pathogens evade our defences and how key antibiotics such as penicillin work.

published on: 4 October 2016