New research has found public sector workers are typically more pro-socially motivated than their private sector counterparts. The University of Bristol study, published today [21 Sep], examined motivational indicators in workers from both sectors across 51 countries.
Professor Lord Robert Winston officially opened Bristol’s new Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRICBristol) yesterday [Monday 19 September].
Researchers at the University of Bristol’s Dementia Research Group have been awarded a grant by local charity BRACE to investigate Lewy body disease and its association with other diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
A new book by Dr Jitu Shah, a Visting Fellow in the School of Physics, examines the life and work of Sir Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpe (1876-1966), the first Indian to achieve the coveted title of Senior Wrangler at the University of Cambridge.
Bristol is to experience a surge in visitor numbers as 13,000 people attend Bristol University’s latest open day tomorrow [21 September].
Ever since the era of silent films, smoking has played a major part in film symbolism. Think Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s or Robert De Niro in Goodfellas. But iconic scenes such as these could be damaging the health of teenagers, who are more likely to smoke after watching films depicting the habit.
Emeritus Professor Michael Costeloe died peacefully at home, with his family by his side, on 24 August. Colleagues and former students pay tribute to a supportive colleague, an inspiring teacher, a fine scholar, and a warm and generous friend.
One of the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisors is coming to Bristol to address one of the biggest challenges facing the world – how to cut greenhouse gases by at least 80 per cent.
The first "big picture" study of the effects of rapidly rising temperatures in the northeast Atlantic Ocean shows that a major shift in fish stocks is already well underway. But it isn't all bad news. The research, published today [15 Sep] in Current Biology, shows that some fishes' losses are other fishes' gain.
Mineral inclusions discovered in diamonds prove that surface rocks can be subducted into the deep part of the Earth’s mantle. The isotopic composition of the diamonds confirms that recycling of crustal materials, including carbon, extends into the lower mantle.
Timothy Hemming, the mainstay of medieval studies in the Department of French for many years, died on 11 August. John Parkin offers this tribute.
The University of Bristol Law School is hosting a top-level human rights conference next week [19 to 20 September] to examine UN torture prevention mechanisms.
Myalgic Encephalopathy [ME] or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [CFS] causes severe debilitating fatigue and affects up to 2.6 per cent of adults in Britain. New University of Bristol research, published today [15 Sep], into the impact of the illness on employment and productivity has estimated lost earnings of over £102 million a year to the UK economy.
Student teams with expertise in robotics and engineering from universities around the world are being invited to enter the FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2012. The event, hosted by the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England, will take place in Bristol from 20-25 August 2012.
The levels of violence girls and boys from disadvantaged backgrounds experience in their partner relationships is revealed in new University of Bristol research published today. It is the first time there has been an in-depth look at violence in the intimate relationships of disadvantaged teenagers who are not in mainstream education. Some of those who took part had been permanently excluded from school, were young offenders or teenage mothers.
The annoucement of the SPICE project, led by Dr Matt Watson in the School of Earth Sciences, was covered by The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, the Daily Mail, the FT and other national and local media.
A Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol has helped to pen a new book which looks at the complexities of contemporary family life.
Life under state socialism is the theme of a series of free public events hosted by the University of Bristol this September as part of research into the legacy of socialist dictatorship and its impact on the post-socialist present.
Preparations are underway for a unique test of engineering technology that could pave the way to reducing atmospheric temperatures caused by climate change, if conventional attempts to reduce carbon emissions prove insufficient.
Bristol ChemLabS and Learning Science Ltd have formed a partnership with Cengage Learning to develop a new online version of the award-winning Chemistry LabSkills software which will bring the very latest e-learning innovations in practical science-based interactive learning and skills development to chemistry students all around the world.
£300,000 has been awarded to the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge, along with a further £1.5million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a joint research project to investigate why the HIV virus only emerged in the 1970s despite entering the human population many decades earlier.
Two Bristol academics, in Chemistry and Earth Sciences, respectively, have won coveted Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Awards in the latest funding round.
The gaudy plumage and acrobatic displays of birds of paradise are a striking example of sexual selection, Charles Darwin’s second great theory of evolution. But new research shows that this powerful process may collapse when mothers can decide whether to have a son or a daughter.
Twelve projects, bringing together researchers from across disciplines, will study Campylobacter in the food chain, from field to plate. One of the projects, led by the University’s School of Veterinary Sciences, will look at the use of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the diet of chickens.
A team of runners, sponsored by the Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bristol, successfully completed the Bristol Half Marathon on Sunday 11 September.
One year on from Ed Miliband’s victory as Labour party leader, new research at the University of Bristol published in the Palgrave Macmillan journal British Politics, explores the extent of trade union involvement in the electoral contest and how they determined the outcome of that electoral contest.
The University has launched a new smartphone application (currently iPhone only) that directs visitors around the precinct and provides information about University buildings and facilities.
A series of images will demonstrate in eye-catching form how research and technology have helped in the battle against the world’s biggest killer – heart disease.
Four members of Bristol Neuroscience (BN) have won Translational Neuroscience Research Fellowships (TNRFs), which will enable them to dedicate up to six months to developing translational neuroscience research – the two-way interaction between fundamental research and life beyond the laboratory bench.
‘Plant scientist’ should take its rightful place beside ‘doctor’, ‘lawyer’ and ‘vet’ in the list of top professions to which our most capable young people aspire, according to a hard-hitting letter by an international group of botanists and crop scientists published today.
Ultra high precision analyses of some of the oldest rock samples on Earth by researchers at the University of Bristol provides clear evidence that the planet’s accessible reserves of precious metals are the result of a bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after the Earth was formed. The research is published today in Nature.
Research into the tungsten isotope composition of the Earth’s mantle by Dr Matthias Willbold in the School of Earth Sciences was covered by The Times, the Daily Mail and other media around the world.
A team of runners, sponsored by the Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bristol, will be running the Bristol Half Marathon this Sunday [11 September] to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary year of the very first marathon.
Making friends is a key part of school life, often shaping our futures and helping us develop as individuals. With youngsters across the country returning to school this week, new research has identified the factors which influence these relationships, with academic achievement, mother’s education and personality found to be essential in the friendship formation process.
A new energy-efficient heating control system is being introduced into many of the University of Bristol’s student halls to cut down on carbon emissions and save money.
A rare glimpse inside some of Bristol University’s finest architectural and historic buildings is taking place next weekend as part of the city-wide Bristol Doors Open Day.
Geoffrey Ford, former University Librarian and Director of Information Services, died in August. Cathryn Gallacher, Director of Library Services, and Mike Heery, former Director of Library Services at the University of the West of England, offer this remembrance.
Mike Bird (Brian Michael Bird), Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, a pioneer of power electronics and a dedicated worker for the engineering profession, died suddenly on 15 July 2011. Duncan Grant offers an appreciation.
Hong Kong and UK researchers today launched an international collaboration to measure poverty and social exclusion in Hong Kong.
There has been a dramatic decline in bee and pollinator populations in recent years. A festival this weekend [3 and 4 September] aims to highlight the maintenance of healthy ecosystems and the importance of bees and other pollinators for food production.
