New image brings people face to face with Seventeenth Century Scottish soldier

The face of one of the Seventeenth Century Scottish soldiers who was imprisoned and died in Durham following the Battle of Dunbar in 1650...

New blood test can detect wide range of cancers

A new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer with high accuracy has been developed by an international team of...

Why did the mammoths disappear?

Woolly mammoths roamed the earth for millions of years and vanished for good only 4,000 years ago. The hairy cousins of today’s elephants lived alongside...

The oldest record eclipse happened today more than 3,000 years ago

British Researchers  have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded. The event, which occurred on 30 October 1207 BC, is...

Climate change will increase chances of wildfire globally – but humans can still help...

New research highlights how the risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change – but also, how human actions and policies can play...

Technology reunites lost buildings and art of Renaissance Florence for the first time in...

The extraordinary lost buildings and art of Renaissance Florence can be viewed together for the first time in centuries thanks to innovative free technology...

Sulfur shortage: a potential resource crisis looming as the world decarbonises

A projected shortage of sulfuric acid, a crucial chemical in our modern industrial society, could stifle green technology advancement and threaten global food security,...

World’s largest ever DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t all Scandinavian and...

Invaders, pirates, warriors – the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid...

Scientists solve the conundrum of developing cheaper and more efficient solar power

Scientists have helped to solve a puzzle that could lead to cheaper and more efficient solar power. A team of researchers, including physicists at Durham...

Scientists use AI to identify new drug combination for children with incurable brain cancer

Scientists have used artificial intelligence-enhanced tools to successfully propose a new combination of drugs for use against an incurable childhood brain cancer. The approach, which...