Research impact stories
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PROMPT training tackles emergencies in pregnancy and birth
15 October 2012
PROMPT (Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training) is an obstetric emergencies training package now used in 85 per cent of UK maternity units. With the potential to save millions in litigation costs for health services, PROMPT also looks set to achieve substantial reductions in preventable perinatal harm both in the UK and worldwide.
The Late Iron Age and Roman Ireland Project – a collaboration between Discovery Programme Ireland and the University of Bristol
3 October 2012
An exciting collaborative project adopts scientific methods to uncover the links between Ireland and the Roman Empire.
Contributing to the welfare of laying hens
13 September 2012
Research into the welfare of laying hens, undertaken by Professor Christine Nicol, contributed significantly to the UK Government's decision to sign up to the battery cage ban in January 2012.
Early season treatment of sheep could reduce the incidence of blowfly strike as climate warms
3 September 2012
Changing climate patterns are likely to put ewes at higher risk of parasitic disease, which could have important implications for farmers.
Volcanological input reduces uncertainty surrounding volcanic ash forecasts
3 September 2012
Models used to predict how much ash is pumped into the atmosphere and where it goes during a volcanic eruption are being informed by world-leading volcanology experts from the University of Bristol.
Research into rare Sorbus reproduction informs conservation of the Avon Gorge
3 September 2012
Conservation management plans for one of Bristol’s historic woodland sites are being shaped by new findings about the complex reproductive biology of some rare tree species.
From maize oil to murder: the diverse applications of sophisticated chemical analyses
3 September 2012
A suite of sophisticated molecular and stable isotopic techniques developed by organic chemists at the University of Bristol has proven to be a powerful diagnostic tool for analysing organic materials.
Conker Tree Science: how small investments can reach thousands
3 September 2012
It all started with handing out 1,000 vials containing ‘alien bugs’ in Bristol’s shopping hub of Cabot Circus. Two years later, Conker Tree Science, a hypothesis-led citizen science project, has engaged thousands of people across the UK and generated important data about the spread of an invasive leaf-mining moth.
Predictive model serves as blueprint for the flood risk management industry
3 September 2012
A two-dimensional flood inundation model has helped advance the predictive tools used to generate national flood maps, assess flood risk for the global insurance and re-insurance industry and estimate flood damage.
East meets West — Building a ‘remembering’ community
21 August 2012
Can telling stories about a socialist past and sharing these with a wider public help improve understandings of multiculturalism in Britain today? Two researchers from the Department of German set out to explore this question with the East Meets West project, in which local Eastern European migrant communities play a central role.
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