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Ten new Community Fellows will inspire environmental research and action at the University of Bristol
25 April 2024
The Brigstow Institute and Cabot Institute for the Environment’s new Personal to the Planetary (P2P) Community Fellowships have brought together ten talented environmentalists for a deep and sustained engagement around the climate emergency.
- Ten new Community Fellows will inspire environmental research and action at the University of Bristol 25 April 2024 The Brigstow Institute and Cabot Institute for the Environment’s new Personal to the Planetary (P2P) Community Fellowships have brought together ten talented environmentalists for a deep and sustained engagement around the climate emergency.
- Research shows veterinary deal would increase UK agrifood exports to EU by more than a fifth 25 April 2024 A veterinary deal with the European Union could increase UK agricultural and food exports by more than a fifth, according to new research.
- Laser technology offers breakthrough in detecting illegal ivory 24 April 2024 A new way of quickly distinguishing between illegal elephant ivory and legal mammoth tusk ivory could prove critical to fighting the illegal ivory trade. A laser-based approach developed by scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Lancaster, could be used by customs worldwide to aid in the enforcement of illegal ivory from being traded under the guise of legal ivory. Results from the study are published in PLOS ONE today [24 April].
- Octopus inspires new suction mechanism for robots 18 April 2024 A new robotic suction cup which can grasp rough, curved and heavy stone, has been developed by scientists at the University of Bristol.
- Marine plankton behaviour could predict future sea life extinctions, study finds 17 April 2024 Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth’s warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction event.
- New research reveals there are more school-based than regular foodbanks nationwide 17 April 2024 Research shows schools have increasingly stepped in as a fourth emergency service and are now the biggest source of charitable food and household aid for families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
- Study shedding new light on Earth’s global carbon cycle could help assess liveability of other planets 10 April 2024 Research has uncovered important new insights into the evolution of oxygen, carbon, and other vital elements over the entire history of Earth – and it could help assess which other planets can develop life, ranging from plants to animals and humans.
- Report warns performing arts under threat from future global shocks unless lessons are learned from pandemic 26 March 2024 Live performing arts are facing an existential threat from a range of potential global shocks unless there is significant and sustained investment in resilience planning, according to a new international study.
- New partnership set to upskill workforce and advance research to achieve more sustainable future 26 March 2024 An exciting agreement aiming to reshape the educational and economic landscape of the South West in pursuit of green goals has been signed by the University of Bristol and Bridgwater & Taunton College.
- Harnessing wind power for international shipping receives new wave of funding 18 March 2024 Bristol-based maritime engineering start-up WingTek, in collaboration with the University of Bristol and the National Composites Centre, has won a £2.2m innovation grant.
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