The world has drastically transformed in the last two centuries, and yet the manner in which academic institutions prepare us for our professional careers has remained stagnant. It is still fixated on the needs of an industrial age, a learning structure that is very much outdated and questionable for...
Food packaging specialist PFF Group has launched a ground-breaking, fully recyclable packaging product suitable for all food applications.
Amid increasing demand from food manufacturers for plastic reduction, the new concept – known as IMPAC-T – uses less plastic than equivalent PET packaging and can be typically used for dairy products...
Newcastle University scientists aim to find out if selectively bred corals can help save reefs that have been damaged by climate change.
Higher sea temperatures can cause coral bleaching, where they lose the friendly algae that give the corals their colour and supply some of their nutrients. Over time, bleaching...
GAME CHANGERS represents a collaborative odyssey delving into climate activism, accomplished through an immersive decision-making game and live performance.
The project emerges from the innovative collaboration between the interactive studio Megaverse, esteemed academics, creative minds, and cutting-edge technologists.
Three actors in motion capture as avatars, joined by a fourth as...
Scientists from Newcastle University have discovered that bees have something similar to the ‘sweet tooth’ often found in humans.
The Newcastle researchers found that bees possess sugar-sensing taste neurons. These neurons give the insects intense pleasure when they feed on nectar, encouraging them to hang around and empty the flower...
Vodafone has said it plans to create nearly 600 jobs at Convergys contact centre in Stephenson’s Quarter in central Newcastle.
This is part of a nationwide expansion by Vodafone, in which it intends to create around 2,100 jobs customer service jobs across Britain during the next two years.
Convergys, a subcontractor,...
Researchers from Newcastle University have come up with a novel way of dealing with the infections patients tend to get after surgery.
They believe that honey – specifically, a medical-grade variant of manuka honey – could be the key to coping with this common problem.
Doctors often use surgical mesh to...
With the country sweltering under drought-like conditions in recent weeks – and things even heating up here in the north east – it might be a comfort to know that some of the world’s greatest climate experts work in Newcastle.
Climate change specialist Professor Hayley Fowler, of Newcastle University, has...
Leading North East practice Space Architects is celebrating 20 years of designing schools, with the submission of plans for their 85th building, a multi-million-pound school in Hyde, Greater Manchester.
The firm’s first secondary education project in the public sector was Blyth Community College, which opened in Northumberland in 2002. Since...
In a groundbreaking move set to revolutionise the UK's space industry, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, has announced the creation of a new space skills, research, and technology centre, with a whopping investment of £50 million. The North East Space Skills and Technology Centre (NESST) is not just a...
