A project to help older people retain independence and stay connected with their families has received support from UK Research and Innovation’s industrial strategy challenge fund for healthy ageing.

published on: 28 August 2020

Experts at Newcastle University are part of a national consortium to answer questions on how COVID-19 affects the body’s immune system to help develop better diagnostics, treatments and vaccines.

published on: 28 August 2020

The change in social distancing rules to one metre plus has made towns and cities in England on average over 40% more accessible to pedestrians, new research has revealed.

published on: 26 August 2020

Research has revealed that anxious and depressed laboratory mice are more disappointed when something bad happens, but their low mood has no effect on how elated they are when something good happens.

published on: 26 August 2020

New research suggests the planned peatland grant scheme needs to ensure that farmers and land managers have the right level of funding and greater control than previous schemes in order to succeed.

published on: 24 August 2020

A new centre to provide rapid access to COVID-19 tests is being opened in Newcastle’s West End.

published on: 21 August 2020

Prehistoric societies in the British Isles were creating artistic designs on rock as long ago as the late Ice Age, archaeologists have confirmed.

published on: 19 August 2020

A Newcastle University political expert is among the authors that have contributed to a new briefing which considers how to hold elections during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

published on: 19 August 2020

A Newcastle University expert on Shakespeare has won the coveted Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award 2020.

published on: 19 August 2020

Alison Shaw, Professor of Practice for Student Success and Progression and ex-Secondary Headteacher, says how the sector may help students and the system ride the qualifications storm

published on: 19 August 2020

Leading academics at Newcastle University have been shortlisted for the 2020 Newton Prize for their international study into liver cancer.

published on: 17 August 2020

A novel system that preserves the condition of donor organs for longer, is easy to transport and affordable, has been developed by Newcastle University and Newcastle Hospital Trust spin-out, ScubaTx™.

published on: 12 August 2020

Enzymes used by bacteria to break down mucus in the gut could provide a useful biomarker for intestinal diseases, according to new research.

published on: 11 August 2020

Leading voices in women’s enterprise say that current Government policy has failed to recognise the additional challenges faced by millions of women-led businesses.

published on: 11 August 2020

Researchers want to speak to 13-17 year olds from the North East about their experiences of ‘lockdown life’, as part of a study into how young people have been affected by COVID-19.

published on: 10 August 2020

British and Indian experts are to investigate the impact that releasing antibiotics from manufacturing into India’s waterways has on the spread of potentially fatal drug-resistant infections.

published on: 6 August 2020

For the second year in a row, three Newcastle academics have been elected as National Teaching Fellows, at the same time the University has won a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence.

published on: 6 August 2020

The Director of the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts has been awarded Gdańsk’s European Poet of Freedom Literary Award 2020.

published on: 5 August 2020

Northern Accelerator has launched a new £1.7m seed investment fund that aims to grow the region’s economy by building on its successful record of creating innovative spin-out businesses.

published on: 5 August 2020

A world-leading medical scientist has been recognised for his pioneering work into the understanding of mitochondrial disease.

published on: 4 August 2020

An environmentally-focussed day of events has been announced for Newcastle University’s first-ever digital Alumni Day of Action and Convocation.

published on: 3 August 2020

The North of Tyne Combined Authority is backing the scientists of the future with plans to boost green technology and manufacturing in Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.

published on: 3 August 2020

A pilot project to develop autonomous heavy goods vehicles has received a funding boost to test how high-speed connectivity can improve transport and logistics.

published on: 3 August 2020