Topic: Durham University

Getting to the heart of matter

Physicist Professor Alan Martin, left, talks about how Durham University is playing an important role in the search for the elusive Higgs particle...

Working long hours doubles depression risk

Stressed Woman (pic: Getty) . . Working long hours doubles your risk of depression, experts have found.. . And they fear the problem will get worse ...
Learning to "talk things through in their head" could help people with autism make plans and complete complex daily tasks, researchers say.....

'Inner Dialogue' Might Aid People With Autism

Print E-mail Learning to "talk things through in their head" could help people with autism make plans and complete complex daily tasks, researchers ...
Last week, news that changes to the diagnostic criteria for autism could cut the number of diagnoses was met with a mixed reaction, and many were...

Banish mummy tummy

Fitness and nutrition experts give Lisa Salmon advice on how mums can get back into shape . . IF you're a new mum, you're often so busy that your...

Meteorite CSI

Geologists assess deep impacts of near-Earth object strikes. . Volcanologists from the Universities of Leicester and Durham have forensically...
AN OPTICAL illusion has enabled the most precise measurement yet of the abundance of the mysterious dark energy, which is thought to be accelerating the universe's expansion.. Christian Marinoni and Adeline Buzz at the University of Provence in Marseille, France, realised ...
The structure of the placenta influences the relatively long nine-month pregnancy in humans, researchers say.. In their study, the investigators found that babies grow twice as fast in the wombs of some mammals compared to others and that the difference in growth ...
The structure of the placenta influences the relatively long nine-month pregnancy in humans, researchers say.. In their study, the investigators found that babies grow twice as fast in the wombs of some mammals compared to others and that the difference in growth ...