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A new state-of-the-art Fluorescence Spectrometer has been installed in a lab within Northumbria’s department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering.

30 July 2021 10:18

Northumbria University becomes UK’s first home of world-leading spectrometer

Academics in search of solutions to creating more energy efficient phones and television screens now have high-performance machinery at their fingertips, after Northumbria University has invested in a suite of new state-of-the-art equipment to push its leading-edge research forward.

15 July 2021 17:40

Northumbria University launches new Skills Bootcamps to connect people into employment in construction

The Institute of Coding (IoC) is a collaborative national consortium of industry, educators and outreach providers that are working together to respond to the UK’s digital skills gap through the delivery of employer-led digital skills education.

13 July 2021 11:08

Northumbria to lead research aimed at future-proofing the security of home technology devices

Research investigating the potential digital harms posed by household data sharing technologies has won a share of a major £3.6m award scheme.

12 July 2021 17:34

Prehistoric homes would have failed modern air quality tests

Domestic burning of wood and dung fuels in neolithic homes would have exceeded internationally-agreed standards for indoor air quality, exposing inhabitants to unsafe levels of particulates.

6 July 2021 15:12

Northumbria’s Summer 2021 Newspaper is out now!

The Summer 2021 edition of Northumbria University News is now available to read online.

11 June 2021 10:43

Northumbria brings Antarctica’s unseen world to the screen

A virtual performance exploring beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface will take place this month, combining scientific research from Northumbria University with poetry and electronic music.

Destroyed Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric plant after devastating debris flow of Feb 7, 2021. Photo: Irfan Rashid, Department of Geoinformatics, University of Kashmir.

10 June 2021 19:00

Scientists determine cause of devastating Indian flood

A Northumbria University geomorphologist is among a team of international scientists to investigate the cause of the Uttarakhand flood in India earlier this year, which left more than 200 people dead or missing.

8 June 2021 15:04

Study sheds light on pre-Columbian life in understudied area of Amazon

A new study shows that pre-Columbian people of a culturally diverse but not well-documented area of the Amazon in South America significantly altered their landscape thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

25 May 2021 08:11

New research to provide safer and more accurate space weather predictions

A team of space weather experts from Northumbria University has been awarded more than £400,000 to explore how to better predict the conditions in near-Earth space.

24 May 2021 10:57

Supporting a diverse future for engineering

Northumbria University’s NUSTEM initiative is supporting global engineering companies, including Airbus, BP and Nissan, to develop the engineering workforce of the future by engaging more effectively with young people from diverse backgrounds.

28 April 2021 07:44

UN space weather expert to join Northumbria University as Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellow

A leading physicist and Chair of the United Nations space weather expert group is to join Northumbria University for one year after being awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship.

1 April 2021 14:24

Evidence of Antarctic glacier’s tipping point confirmed for first time

Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to a rapid and irreversible retreat which would have significant consequences for global sea level.

Part of the image created by the research team which featured on the front cover of Biophysical Journal (volume 120, issue 5).

26 March 2021 10:33

Investigating protein dynamics: research breakthrough could result in new cancer treatments

Researchers from Northumbria University in Newcastle, and Bogazici University in Turkey, have discovered a new way of examining the structure and dynamics of single protein molecules within the human body – which could help scientists better understand the progression and possible treatment of diseases such as cancer.

10 March 2021 11:26

Online diary helps NHS and care staff monitor changes in wellbeing and get support

A new online diary has been developed to help health and care staff monitor changes in their wellbeing during the pandemic and signposts where individuals can access help when it is needed.

Artist’s impression of The OME by Assia Stefanova

2 March 2021 14:32

Work begins on experimental Living Building

Construction has started on a building which could transform the way we live.

Dr Sebastian Breitenbach exploring possible passages in an ice-filled cave in Siberia

1 March 2021 11:00

Examining the impact of climate change on Siberia’s stores of permafrost

Northumbria University is to play a leading role in a major study to assess the long-term impact of global warming on Siberia’s thawing permafrost.Permafrost is frozen ground that stores vast amounts of fossil carbon. Given that permafrost holds twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, and that almost a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere is covered in permafrost, this frozen land plays an essential

Our route to high-performance and scalable solar cells (right) is through understanding the relationship of solution-processing to the atomic-structural ordering and optoelectronic properties of the semiconducting-materials (left).

26 February 2021 09:18

New technology could see solar panels integrated into windows and cladding

A team of researchers, including renewable energy experts from Northumbria University, has received significant funding to revolutionise the fabrication and application of photovoltaic devices used to produce solar energy.

23 February 2021 10:57

EXPERT COMMENT: Why urban gardens are crucial for conserving bees and butterflies – and how you can help them

In an article written for The Conversation, Katherine Baldock, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Northumbria University, explores how urban gardens can help conserve bees and butterflies.

15 February 2021 13:37

Northumbria KTP addressing the challenges of the UK housing crisis is rated outstanding

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Platinum Electrical Engineering and Northumbria University has received the highest possible rating by an independent assessor.

21 January 2021 13:10

EXPERT COMMENT: Digital hoarders: we’ve identified four types – which are you?

How many emails are in your inbox? If the answer is thousands, or if you often struggle to find a file on your computer among its cluttered hard drive, then you might be classed as a digital hoarder.

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