The bulb-shaped plant homes, called ‘domatia’, are split into separate chambers. Each ant colony gets its own room, with no internal connections.

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe. Durham University’s cosmologists used a new technique combining the ...

Our geographers have discovered the remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica. These flat surfaces, buried beneath a 3,500km stretch of the East ...

What makes this discovery especially exciting is that dark dwarfs might already exist in space particularly in the centre of the Milky Way, where dark matter is expected to be most concentrated. If ...

The National Student Survey (NSS), an independent annual survey, evaluates how satisfied students in the UK are with the quality of their experience at university.

Durham Energy Institute (DEI) is a founding member of the newly launched Energy Storage Association (UK) - a pioneering trade body committed to advancing energy storage.

Dr Alice Finden and Dr Kavi Abraham, both from our School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), have won the British International Studies Association (BISA) Early Career Excellence in ...

Dr Wang’s research focuses on the ‘Local Group’ (a pair of dark matter halo that includes our Milky Way and its neighbour Andromeda) and how it is linked to the larger cosmic web, a vast network of ...

Around 1,000 scientists are attending the Royal Astronomical Society's (RAS) annual National Astronomy Meeting 2025 (NAM) being hosted by Durham University from 7 to 11 July. Alongside the latest in ...

In the wild, similar “useless” trends such as the grass fad have not been seen in chimpanzees. This may be because chimpanzees living in captivity have more free time than in the wild without the need ...

They found shame to be a common emotional response when leaders reflect on misalignment. This, the researchers say, leads to withdrawal, avoidance of colleagues, and underperformance, especially for ...