Remains of the larva, about the size of a poppy seed, were unearthed in China with its internal organs almost intact.

Tiny worm fossil found almost perfectly preserved after half a billion years

Dr Margaret Bradshaw is a world-expert who hopes her mission to record and conserve the unique flora of Teesdale will be carried on in years to come.

'Do you care?' The 98-year-old botanist's rallying cry to future generations 

Education experts have suggested that pupils’ exam grades could be fairly increased by up to 10% this summer.

Calls to increase exam grades for pupils at schools worst hit by concrete crisis

Durham University researchers have found putting graphic warnings on meat, like those on cigarettes, could reduce consumption. 

Graphic warnings on meat could reduce consumption, study finds 

26.09.23 Saturn Hero image Credit: Jacob Kegerreis, Luís Teodoro 

NASA's Cassini spacecraft and university researchers have offered an answer to the 4.5 billion-year mystery of Saturn's rings' origins.

Scientists may have solved solar system mystery of Saturn's rings

Matthew Hedges was arrested in United Arab Emirates, where he was carrying out work for his PhD, and accused of being a spy.

Academic accused of being a spy welcomes Foreign Office apology 

Matthew Hedges had travelled to the country to carry out research for his PhD when he was arrested at Dubai airport.

British student accused of being spy in UAE 'still has panic attacks'

Researchers found that characters actors portray in films, television and on stage conform too closely to traditional gender roles.

Film industry needs to revamp 'overly masculine' roles for men, researcher says

Durham University student Olivia Burt was crushed and died when a decorative screen fell on her outside Missoula bar in February 2018.

Pub company fined £1.56m over death of student outside club 

Durham University student Olivia Burt, 20, died when she was crushed by a decorative screen while she was queuing for the Missoula bar in the city, in 2018.

Pub company guilty of safety breach after student's death outside club 

Olivia Burt, a first year student at Durham University, suffered severe head injuries outside Missoula bar in the city in February 2018.

Student's death outside club ‘senseless and avoidable’, court told

Durham University has told students any remaining work will be marked “as swiftly as possible” and final classifications “as soon as they are available”.

'Significant number' of Durham students face degree delays due to boycott

Olivia Burt was a first year student at Durham University when she died outside Missoula, in the city's Walkergate area, in February 2018.

Student's death outside nightclub was 'preventable', court hears

Jordan Howey and Stevie Holliday sentenced for attack on Durham students.

Jordan Howey and Stevie Holliday attacked a group of students in Durham city centre in November last year.

Pair sentenced for violent and unprovoked attack on students

Part of DESI’s survey validation included the “One-Percent Survey” visualised in this flythrough. Researchers took detailed images in 20 different directions on the sky, creating a 3D map of 700,000 objects and covering roughly 1% of the total volume DESI will study. With the instrument and survey plan successfully tested, the main DESI survey is now filling in the gaps between those observations. Credit: David Kirkby/DESI collaboration

The study, which used robotics to take thousands of pictures of the night sky, will further advance our understanding of the universe and the Milky Way.

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