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Metro Futures: rethinking public transport through engagement

16 April 2025
When we think about public transport, we often think of infrastructure. Rails, stations, carriages....
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Can recycled plastic help to reduce your energy bills?

16 April 2025
Newcastle University researchers have developed a mortar made from recycled plastic and silica...
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Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures: our work in maternal and newborn health

4 April 2025
World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, kicks off a year-long global campaign on maternal and...
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Rapidly melting and retreating glaciers of the Himalayas on the verge of disappearance.

Why should we care about Himalayan glaciers?

19 March 2025
The Himalayan glaciers are not just icy landscapes; they are lifelines for millions of people and...
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How we’re influencing the UK's future electrification strategy

11 March 2025
The global transition to an all-electric society is reshaping our world, driving advancements in...
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Bulb mites (Rhizoglyphus callae) secondary infestion on rotting diseased tulip bulbs

Shaping the pace-of-life: what’s the role of development in evolution?

10 March 2025
Mainstream evolution theory suggests that genes and the environment shape how organisms look and...
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ENACT: learning language through culture

7 March 2025
Introducing ENACT: a free-to-use web app that helps people learn languages and overcome cultural...
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A praying mantis stands on a platform with its shadow cast behind it. Credit: Newcastle University.

‘The Vanishing Act’: science on stage

5 March 2025
A Newcastle University researcher is using theatre to raise awareness of the plight of vulnerable...
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Privacy-preserving deduplication to enhance federated learning

4 March 2025
As machine learning models become increasingly reliant on large-scale, distributed datasets,...
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A marine biologist looks out to the ocean while working on a tablet.

5 key steps to effective survey design in academic research

3 March 2025
Effective surveys can provide high-quality and wide-ranging data for academics and researchers to...
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Researcher in a lab conducting an experiment

How Newcastle experts are advancing rare disease research

26 February 2025
For over 70 years, Newcastle has been a world leader in rare disease research and clinical care....
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A bridge over the canopy in the Green Jewel of Brunei: Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei.

Under the Canopy - celebrating 30 years of research in Brunei

7 February 2025
To commemorate 30 years of research, the Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre (KBFSC) in Brunei has...
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