The first sequence coverage of the wheat genome has been publicly released by a team of UK researchers, including scientists from the University of Bristol. The release is a step towards a fully annotated genome and makes a significant contribution to efforts to support global food security and to increase the competitiveness of UK farming.
Professor Mervyn Miles of the School of Physics has been awarded a prestigious Wolfson Research Merit Award by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science.
Three students from the University of Bristol’s High Performance Squad have been selected to represent England in the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India [3 to 14 October]. 2010.
Parents who choose secondary schools on the basis of league tables will ensure their children do better in their GCSEs than those who choose schools at random, according to a new study.
Angelina Jolie, Anna Chapman, Naomi Campbell – celebrities, spies and divas who the media love to hate. The modern day female icon holds much in common with the archetypal femme fatale, whose enduring appeal dates back to Eve, the Sirens and Medusa. Now, a new collection of essays from distinguished arts scholars examines fatal femininity as a cultural preoccupation across different historical epochs.
An old mathematical solution proposed as a prototype of the infamous ocean rogue waves responsible for many maritime catastrophes has been observed in a continuous physical system for the first time.
Like a stealth fighter plane, the barbastelle bat uses a sneaky hunting strategy to catch its prey. A team of researchers from the University of Bristol combined three cutting-edge techniques to uncover the secret of this rare bat’s success.
Work has begun on building a new world-class facility in Bristol that will bring together leading industry experts and academics in the growing area of composites research and manufacture.
The University of Bristol received around 34,100 applications for the 3,280 home-funded undergraduate places available across the full range of subjects from this September.
A group of staff, students and graduates of the University of Bristol is staging a play based on a Discworld novel by Sir Terry Pratchett to raise money for disadvantaged young people in Bristol.
A student team from the University of Bristol will be competing against 128 universities at an international synthetic biology competition hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the USA’s leading academic institutions.
Saadeh Suleiman, a Professor of Cardiac Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences.
Behind some of the smoothest systems that resolve some of the most complex problems lays a whole world of physics. Tapping into that world are a group of scientists whose work goes largely unseen yet has enormous potential for improving life on an international scale.
Computer scientists from the University of Bristol are collaborating with international shark researchers to build a visual biometrics database of Great White Sharks.
The Centre for Public Engagement is holding its second conference about public engagement at the University of Bristol on 23 September. The conference is free and open to all University staff and postgraduate students with an interest in public engagement.
Two PhD students are raising money for an African education charity by cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats — the length of mainland Britain.
If the eyes are the window to the soul, psychologists hoping to solve the mystery of why our neural impulses do not always trigger an immediate response could find the answer in the flick of the eye.
Scientists studying the largest drainage basin in the world have used satellite technology to provide the first detailed measurements of water flow between the Amazon River and its floodplains.
A PhD student has been chosen to lead a nationwide campaign communicating the impact of science, engineering and maths on our everyday lives.
A festival this Bank Holiday weekend [28-30 August] at the University's Botanic Garden aims to raise awareness and understanding of the critical role bees and other animals play in pollination and the importance of pollination for food production.
Almost 40 per cent of people admitted to hospital after taking an overdose received sub-standard care that may have contributed to their death, a new study by researchers at the Universities of Manchester and Bristol has found.
A playgroup called ‘Little Monsters’ has a new garden to enjoy thanks to staff and students from the University of Bristol who took part in a community challenge at the Boys and Girls Club in Sea Mills, Bristol.
Professor Neil Scolding from the Institute of Clinical Neurosciences has received a grant from the Catholic Church for his research into the use of stem cells to treat Multiple Sclerosis.
The growing amount of human noise pollution in the ocean could lead fish away from good habitat and off to their death, according to new research from a UK-led team working on the Great Barrier Reef.
A new review of animal emotion suggests that, as in humans, emotions may tell animals about how dangerous or opportunity-laden their world is, and guide the choices that they make.
The UK is a nation overwhelmed by too much choice and information according to a study based on the views of 6,000 people, revealing that modern life has created a generation of people incapable of making decisions.
Why are flowers the shapes they are? How do they make seeds? What role will they play in feeding a growing global population? These and other questions come under the spotlight at an event at the Victoria Rooms on Thursday 4 August at 5.30pm when members of the public are invited to join world-leading scientists to explore the science of flowers.
A new discovery of 318-million-year-old footprints in sea-cliffs on the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, reveals when reptiles first conquered dry land, says new research from the Department of Earth Sciences.
Goldney Hall is hosting Bristol Amnesty International’s annual summer garden party on Sunday 8 August.
Competition among hospitals saves patients’ lives and decreases their overall length of stay in hospital, according to a new study involving researchers from the University of Bristol, who found there was no corresponding increase in overall expenditure.
Dr Jennifer Griggs from the Bristol Glaciology Centre in the School of Geographical Sciences has been awarded one of only ten European Space Agency (ESA) Fellowships as part of the Agency’s Changing Earth Science Network programme.
Around 60 staff volunteers from the University’s Academic Registry made a return visit to help renovate Lawrence Weston’s Community Farm.
Two academics in the Faculty of Engineering have been awarded prestigious Fellowships by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
A group of budding chemists will be making their own perfume at a special 'Fragrance Chemistry Workshop' hosted by the University's School of Chemistry today [Tuesday 27 July].
Emeritus Professor Richard Little, in the University's Department of Politics, has achieved the rare distinction of being elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
Five students from the University of Bristol have received outstanding results in national sporting events across the country and abroad in rugby, hockey and athletics.
Heart Research UK (HRUK) has awarded the Research Training Fellowship for cardiac surgery to Dr Simon Duggan.
The Graduate School of Education has launched an innovative new Master’s programme designed to support professional enquiry in the workplace, school or community.
Professor Gareth Williams from the University of Bristol will be giving a talk tonight [22 July] on the subject of his recent book, the Angel of Death, the name given to smallpox — the deadly disease that killed millions of people throughout history.
Forthcoming exhibitions for 2010-2011 at The Bristol Gallery will focus on British Art and Modernism, two major research strands in the University of Bristol’s Department of History of Art. The exhibitions – on the Surrealists, David Hockney and Henry Moore – will be curated by gallery staff in conjunction with postgraduate students from the University.
