Newcastle city centre's Science Central is a twenty-four-acre science and technology facility located on the old site of the Scottish & Newcastle brewery. The science hub is a £350 million pound investment in Newcastle University.
A recent plan to spend £29 million pounds on a new teaching & learning centre has...
Amputees could soon be helped by a new type of prosthetic hand that will allow them to reach for objects without thinking first.
The robotic hand – which is being developed by researchers at Newcastle University – will behave in much the same way as a real hand does.
The hand...
The custom of trick or treating has become a familiar part of the British Halloween. But in Newcastle this year, one group of trick-or-treaters will be doing something a little more charitable than begging for sweets to satisfy their sugar cravings.
Around 50 students from Newcastle University will be out...
Scientists at Newcastle University have managed to make artificial corneas using 3D printers.
The cornea – the outermost layer of the eye – plays an important role in focusing vision. It is possible to transplant donated corneas, but – with around 10 million people worldwide needing cornea surgery to rescue...
A
very special government agent has helped sniff out illegal tobacco in Newcastle.
Scamp the sniffer dog joined an operation run by Newcastle City Council’s Trading Standards Team and Staff from HMRC.
Operation
Beagle was a three-day project targeting shops in Newcastle’s West End. During
the operation, 183,360 cigarettes and 46.2 kilos of rolling...
Abrupt changes in climate may have been a significant cause of Europe’s Neanderthal humans dying out.
That’s according to recent research involving academics from Newcastle’s Northumbria University.
A research team – also comprising academics from Germany, Romania and the USA – studied stalactites in two Romanian caves.
As stalactites grow in thin...
A Newcastle primary school has won a teaching award so prestigious it is dubbed an ‘Oscar of education’.
St John’s Primary School has received a Silver Teaching Award from the Pearson’s National Teaching Awards, beating thousands of other schools to scoop the honour.
St John’s is one of only 68 schools...
With Miles of Planned Cycle Lanes, Newcastle Will See Benefits of New E-scooter Trial Scheme with Measured Rollout - Steve Pyer, UK Country Manager, Spin (A subsidiary of Ford Motor Company)
As part of the Department of Transport’s national e-scooter trials, Newcastle City Council is soon to decide upon which operator...
A lecturer from Newcastle University will join a £10 million project to investigate the devastating effects of climate change on the Arctic.
Dr Geoffrey Abbott will be part of a team using underwater vehicles to collect data in the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
Far from being remote from British life,...
Newcastle Castle is a familiar Tyneside landmark … or should that be Newcastle Castillo or Châteaux or Schloss?
Well, it probably depends on where you’re from and what language you speak. But with 50% of visitors to Newcastle Castle coming from aboard, the tourist attraction decided it was time to...
