Newcastle University
Anxious wait to see how Arctic terns fare at colony struck by bird flu in 2023
The number of adult pairs returning to Long Nanny in Northumberland is not as low as feared this year, National Trust rangers say.
Medical and scientific community in ‘complete grief’ over Michael Mosley’s death
Mosley based his book The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet on research by Roy Taylor, a professor of medicine and metabolism at Newcastle University.
Funding boost for research hubs that drive Government health policy
The 20 new policy research units will receive between £2m and £5m over a three- to five-year contract
Biggest dig for 30 years aims to reveal more secrets of Hadrian’s Wall
A five-year excavation programme is taking place at the Birdoswald fort in Cumbria.
Major fire destroys listed halls of residence
A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson over the blaze at Henderson Old Hall in Newcastle.
‘Wrong kind of shale’ and 280m years too late: Geologists react to fracking move
The controversial go-ahead was met with concerns over earthquakes and an increase in greenhouse gas production.
Starchy green bananas ‘prevent cancers’ in people with hereditary risk – study
A long-term international research project studied the effect of taking resistant starch, which is also found in oats, cereal, beans and cold pasta.
Meet Fernanda the giant tortoise from a species believed extinct a century ago
Scientists have used DNA to link her to a male found in 1906 on a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean.
Firefighters rescue seven trapped ducklings from a drain
Students in Newcastle raised the alarm on Sunday morning after their mother quacked loudly to alert them.
‘Oldest family tree’ pieced together from 5,000-year-old extended family’s DNA
An international team of archaeologists and geneticists has analysed the DNA of five generations of a family buried in the Cotswolds.