Research - Durham University

Latest research news
- Allocating NHS funds by age only would benefit affluent areas
  
  Government plans to allocate NHS resources by age only would disproportionately benefit areas of England that are the most healthy, most affluent, and most likely to vote Conservative, argues Professor Clare Bambra in a letter to this week's BMJ (British Medical Journal).
- Modern dog breeds genetically disconnected from ancient ancestors
  
  Cross-breeding of dogs over thousands of years has made it extremely difficult to trace the ancient genetic roots of today's pets, according to a new study led by Durham University.
- Durham University scientists play role in successor to Hubble
  
  Durham University astrophysicists are part of an international team driving a new instrument which will help provide a clearer view of our Universe.
- Gene involved in sperm-to-egg binding is key to fertility in mammals
  
  Experts from Durham University have identified a new gene that could help the development of fertility treatments in humans in the future.

Research is at the core of Durham University. It shapes and inspires the disciplinary structure of our departments, several of which lead the UK - and even the world - in their fields. Research leads the content and development of our teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and creates new cross-disciplinary programmes through our centres and institutes. In partnership with policy-makers, industry, healthcare and education, Durham's cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural research shapes local, national and international agendas.

Links to recent research highlights and to the Research Office and other units and schemes that support our research can be found on this page.

The quality and influence of Durham's research across our three faculties of Sciences, Social Sciences & Health, and Arts & Humanities, was recently recognised with a ranking of 26th for the 'citations' of Durham research by global academics (THE World Rankings 2011-12). This ranked Durham ahead of a quarter of the World's top 20 universities, including Cornell and Michigan universities in the US, and the University of Toronto, Canada.