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Widespread media coverage for Antarctica project

13 December 2012

The Bristol-led subglacial Lake Ellsworth project which is drilling through over 3 km of Antarctic ice into an ancient buried lake has received widespread coverage in national and local newspapers, radio and TV.

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Widespread media coverage for first cheese making research

13 December 2012

A study by University of Bristol scientists which found the first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Northern Europe made cheese more than 7,000 years ago was reported by media around the world.

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Media coverage of research that men and women see things differently

3 December 2012

Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that men and women see things differently. The findings, published in PLOS ONE, have been covered extensively in the national and international media.

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Bristol expert quoted on election of new Bristol mayor

20 November 2012

Dr David Sweeting, from the University of Bristol's School for Policy Studies, has been widely quoted about the election of the city's first directly elected mayor.

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Countryfile features mobile app developed by the University of Bristol

19 November 2012

A mobile phone app, developed by the University of Bristol to track problem plants across the country, has been featured on BBC One's Countryfile.

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Equine Sports Medicine Clinic features in Sunday Telegraph's Seven magazine

19 November 2012

Dr Kate Allen in the School of Veterinary Sciences Equine Sports Medicine Clinic is featured in the Sunday Telegraph Seven magazine about her research into the well-being of racehorses.

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Even moderate drinking in pregnancy can affect a child’s IQ

15 November 2012

Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that relatively small levels of exposure to alcohol while in the womb can influence a child’s IQ. The findings, published today [14 Nov] in PLOS ONE, have been covered extensively in the national and international media.

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Student to star in Richard Hammond’s ‘Miracles of Nature’

9 November 2012

University of Bristol student Dan Smith will be putting the latest 'bat ecolocation' technology to the test on Monday [12 November] when he stars in Richard Hammond's latest series.

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Historian on BBC Radio 4's The Invention of Spain

9 November 2012

Dr Matthew Brown of the Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies will be interviewed on BBC Radio 4's The Invention of Spain this Sunday.

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New York Times: Getting into a benefactor’s head

9 November 2012

Dr Jen Shang, a Reader in the University’s School of Economics, Finance and Management and an Assistant Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University in the US, is interviewed by the New York Times on her work researching donor behaviour to help nonprofit organisations increase donations.