Researchers aim to grow optical fibres using biology instead of machinery
A new project led by Northumbria University aims to grow optical fibres using proteins, mimicking a process that has occurred in nature for millions of years.
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Training the next generation of space scientists
Northumbria University has hosted a major international workshop, bringing together leading scientists and early-career researchers from around the world to study the Sun and the particles it sends into space.
This is the first time the S³PARK Workshop, which stands for Synergy between Spacecraft observations and Simulations of Particle Acceleration, Reconnection, and Kinetic processes in turbu -
International design competition to grow the colour of the future
Researchers at Northumbria University and Imperial College London have launched an international competition inviting designers, architects, artists and makers to create with a new generation of self-pigmenting, lab-grown materials.
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Northumbria graduates celebrated at the North East Business Awards
Graduate entrepreneurs from Northumbria University are celebrating after winning recognition at the grand final of the North East Business Awards 2026.
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Northumbria researchers investigate how facial recognition failures harm people with facial differences
Northumbria researchers investigate how facial recognition failures harm people with facial differences
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Northumbria physicist elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics
Dr Juna Sathian, an Associate Professor at Northumbria University, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP) in recognition of her contributions to physics research and her work widening access to the subject across the North East.
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Speeding glaciers drive half a century of polar ice loss
The longest satellite record ever assembled shows that Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice since the 1970s, raising global sea levels by more than 3 centimetres – and that most of the loss has come from glaciers flowing faster into the ocean, not from melting at the surface.
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Northumbria researcher joins appeal to Downing Street on free school meals and holiday support
A Northumbria University academic, whose research has played a key role in bringing breakfast clubs and holiday activities to millions of children across the country, has joined a coalition calling on the Government to reverse a decision that would sever the long-standing link between Free School Meal (FSM) entitlement and the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.
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Northumbria helps shape national plan to boost graduate employability
Northumbria University has played a key role in the development of a newly-launched plan designed to help get more graduates into good jobs and to help business better connect with the higher education sector.
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Ancient wildfires near the South Pole shaped Earth's earliest peat bog
Wildfires raging through prehistoric rainforests helped create the earliest known peat bog near the South Pole, according to new research co-led by a Northumbria University scientist.
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Northumbria astronomer helps reveal secrets of rare interstellar visitor
A Northumbria University astronomer has helped uncover new clues about a rare icy object from outside our Solar System, revealing that it formed in extremely cold conditions, far away from any star.
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Two Northumbria professors elected Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Two leading academics from Northumbria University have been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the social sciences and to tackling major societal challenges.
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