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  • COMMENT: If you speak Mandarin, your brain is different

    Dr Larry Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, explains how new research which suggests that some languages like Mandarin require the brain to work in an entirely different way to languages such as English

  • Will your partner stay or stray?

    Both men and women may be genetically inclined to be either promiscuous or faithful according to new research from Northumbria and Oxford Universities.

  • ‘Star’ academic awarded by Royal Astronomers

    A Northumbria research fellow has been hailed as ‘a scientist of exceptional talent and promise’ after winning the Royal Astronomical Society’s Winton Capital prize.

  • INNOVATE at Northumbria

    Fresh from speaking at the Davos World Economic Forum, international design and business leader Tim Brown’s first priority was a visit to the UK to attend a conference on design for social innovation at Northumbria University’s INNOVATE hub.

  • INNOVATE at Northumbria

    An ‘Industry Sandpit’ event hosted by Northumbria on renewable energy has triggered greater research collaboration to help make electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable to a mass market.

  • Northumbria is UK’s ‘biggest riser for research power’

    Northumbria University, Newcastle is now in the UK top 50 for research power and has been recognised by Times Higher Education as having the biggest rise in research power of any university in a national assessment of research quality in UK universities.

  • Conference to discuss the challenges of ageing

    Up to 400 of the world’s leading experts on ageing will visit Northumbria University next year to take part in the British Society of Gerontology’s annual conference.

  • Northumbria innovators shine a light on Ashington’s future

    A new piece of public art that brings a town’s ambitions to life has been unveiled in Ashington. Entitled Town of Colour, it is the culmination of a programme of partnership workshops and activities organised by academics, graduates and students from Northumbria University to harness community aspirations in Ashington.

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