Cutting-edge Engineering research into custom 3D plates for reconstructive surgery has been awarded funding from the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Researchers from our top-rated Engineering Department have used travel to cricket matches at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham to test a new tool designed to help cut transport emissions in cities.

Experts from our Engineering and Philosophy departments have contributed to a new report highlighting the importance of soil in building the UK’s national resilience.

A new report has set out what foundations would be needed to install wind turbines off the coast of North East England.

Dr Ted O’Hare, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Engineering at Durham University, has been awarded the 2025 Roger Owen Prize by the UK Association for Computational Mechanics (UKACM) for the best PhD thesis in computational mechanics in the UK.

Our researchers are part of a major new £4.2 million research institute that aims to transform how eye disease and wider health conditions are detected, prevented and treated.

We are delighted that Dr Ashutosh Kumar, former PDRA in the Department of Engineering, has been awarded a highly prestigious Young Engineer Award 2025 by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and has also been inducted as a Young Associate of the INAE.

We’re part of an international team of scientists behind the creation of a new family of organic materials that can conduct ions - atoms or molecules with a net electrical charge - in solids.

We are very proud that the TRACCS project has contributed directly to international standards, with the updated models now published in two ITU recommendations: P.1238 (indoor) and P.1411 (outdoor).

We’ve been awarded £1.7 million to help deliver courses that will increase opportunities for students and support economic growth.

Six Durham researchers have earned a place on one of the world’s most respected research rankings.

The UK must significantly increase water availability to meet its decarbonisation goals, according to new research led by our Department of Engineering and involving our Department of Earth Sciences.