Durham University

Created Ex Nihilo: A Near‐Infrared Afterglow Luminescent Framework of Imidazole Derivatives for Bioimaging

ABSTRACT Afterglow luminescence probes are limited by (i) a lack of new afterglow scaffolds; (ii) a dependence on initial external light activation, and (iii) aggregation‐caused quenching. Herein, we demonstrate for the first time that Ir(III) complexes of general formula Ir(C^N)...

Non-algorithmic Truth and the Structure of Reality: Distinguishing the Mental and Real Lucas-Penrose Arguments

Abstract Can physical reality be fully captured by an algorithmic Theory of Everything? We argue not. Gödelian incompleteness shows that no sound, recursively axiomatizable formalism proves all truths of a sufficiently rich domain, while Tarskian undefinability shows that no such...

Year-round movement of emperor penguin colonies observed from space

Abstract Emperor penguins are threatened by climate change and their population is predicted to decline rapidly this century due to changes in Antarctic sea ice. Remote sensing is a key tool for monitoring emperor penguins but analysis has been restricted to spring/summer due to...

Created Ex Nihilo: A Near‐Infrared Afterglow Luminescent Framework of Imidazole Derivatives for Bioimaging

ABSTRACT Afterglow luminescence probes are limited by (i) a lack of new afterglow scaffolds; (ii) a dependence on initial external light activation, and (iii) aggregation‐caused quenching. Herein, we demonstrate for the first time that Ir(III) complexes of general formula Ir(C^N)...

Subicular spatial codes arise from predictive mapping

Abstract The successor representation has emerged as a powerful model for understanding mammalian navigation and memory; explaining the spatial coding properties of hippocampal place cells and entorhinal grid cells. However, the diverse spatial responses of subicular neurons, the...

RELISH Updated and Revised DEC Plan

This report provides a revised and updated version of the RELISH Dissemination, Exploitation & Communication (DEC) Plan, completed by WP11 under the responsibility of UDUR, with advisement from wider RELISH consortium members. It is adapted from the first plan (D10.2). The DEC Pl...

‘A bit of chaos and madness’: the AI assessment scale and the work of assessment reform

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has intensified pressure on universities to redesign assessment while maintaining integrity, equity, and validity. Frameworks such as the Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale (AIAS) offer one response, but evidence of how faculty exp...

Writing as a window on reading: trait-level outcomes of an integrated reading, writing, and knowledge-building intervention for secondary school students with reading difficulties

Abstract Adolescent students with reading difficulties face compounding challenges in both reading and writing, yet few interventions address both within content-area instruction. This study examined an integrated reading, writing, and knowledge-building intervention using Self-R...

RELISH Updated and Revised DEC Plan

This report provides a revised and updated version of the RELISH Dissemination, Exploitation & Communication (DEC) Plan, completed by WP11 under the responsibility of UDUR, with advisement from wider RELISH consortium members. It is adapted from the first plan (D10.2). The DEC Pl...

The Role of Advanced Technologies in Corporate Decarbonization: A Problematizing Review and Comparative Research Agenda

Abstract Advanced technologies are widely promoted as tools for decarbonization across sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, and energy. However, evidence of their environmental impact remains mixed, with outcomes varying significantly between settings. This variability highl...

A reduced order model framework suitable for geotechnical problems

Abstract Data-driven methods are of increasing popularity for solving problems in geotechnics, offering as they do, the possibility of high-fidelity results without the effort of a detailed deterministic numerical analysis (e.g. using finite elements). A wide range of approaches...

A Longitudinal Investigation of Perceptual Body Image and Media Influence Among Ethnically Diverse School Children in Rural Nicaragua

ABSTRACT Body dissatisfaction (BD) often arises from the discrepancy between a person's perceived body and an ‘ideal’ body. Mass media's adult‐targeted body ‘ideals’ also reach children and shape their body perceptions. BD is arising at increasingly younger ages in global north p...

Flow Synthesis of Muscone‐Macrocycles Using the Eschenmoser Rearrangement as a Key Step

ABSTRACT Hydrazone formation followed by Eschenmoser fragmentation are key steps in the synthesis of muscone‐type macrocycles. However, these require long reaction times and typically result in many side reactions leading to complex reaction mixtures requiring extensive separatio...

The Impact of Monetary Policy Shocks on Stock Price Crash Risk

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of monetary policy shocks (MPS) on future stock price crash risk (SPCR), using a sample of US firms from 1995 to 2019. We find that expansionary MPS significantly reduce the likelihood of SPCR, while contractionary MPS show no statistically...

Self-Commodification and Spatial Friction: An Ethnographic Analysis of Rural Overtourism in Northwestern Italy

This study examines the socio-spatial dynamics of rural overtourism and landscape commodification in a peripheral municipality in Northwestern Italy. Employing a qualitative, longitudinal ethnographic design, data were collected between May 2020 and October 2021 in San Giovanni (...

“Menopausal, Depleted, and Nostalgic”: The Bittersweet Effects of Menopause for Women Leaders

ABSTRACT Menopause is a natural but underexamined female experience in work settings, with significant implications for women in leadership positions. Drawing on self‐regulation perspectives, we develop a conceptual model examining how menopausal symptom severity shapes women lea...

Dynamics of the Leftmost Particle in Heterogeneous Semi-infinite Exclusion Systems

We study the behaviour of the leftmost particle in a semi-infinite particle system on Z, where each particle performs a continuous-time nearest-neighbour random walk, with particle-specific jump rates, subject to the exclusion interaction (i.e., no more than one particle per site...

Little Red Dots host Black Hole Stars: A unified family of gas-reddened AGN revealed by JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy

Abstract We construct and characterise a sample of 146 little red dots (LRDs) across 2.0 < z < 9.3, selecting all sources with v-shaped UV-optical continua from JWST NIRSpec/PRISM spectra and compact morphologies in NIRCam/F444W imaging. We show that LRD continuum spectra are wel...

Galaxy formation in modified gravity – II. galaxy halo connection and assembly bias

Abstract Modern surveys such as DESI and Euclid, which collect data for hundreds of millions of galaxies to map the large-scale structure (LSS) of the Universe, hold the key to determining the cosmological parameters and testing new physics. This ambition, however, is limited by...

Integrable models from 4d holomorphic BF theory

We show how to construct 2d field theories with holomorphic integrability from defect setups in 4d holomorphic BF. In a simple example setup, we explicitly construct the 2d theory and perform an initial classical analysis. Making use of the symmetries, we are able to write down a...