A mathematical model by researchers in the Department of Engineering Mathematics and School of Clinical Sciences, that challenges conventional wisdom regarding pulsatile GnRH signaling is published ahead of print in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Professor Martin Lowson in the Department of Aerospace Engineering has been presented with the prestigious American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aeroacoustics Award.
Research into eight-month-old babies salt intake was covered by The Guardian, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph and a number of health websites.
Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered a mechanism in the brain that explains for the first time why people make strong memories of stressful events in their lives. The findings may be of particular significance for patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found 70 per cent of eight-month-old babies consume too much salt, due to being fed salty and processed foods like yeast extract, gravy, baked beans and tinned spaghetti.
Professor Eric Thomas, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol, will formally take up the post of President of Universities UK today [1 August].
Professor Mike Ashfold of the School of Chemistry has been awarded a one-year Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship that will enable him to re-immerse himself more fully in three areas of laser-based chemistry.
Professor Bruce Hood in the School of Experimental Psychology has been chosen to give the 2011 Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures. These original science events for children were started by Michael Faraday in 1825 and have long been seen as one of the most important events in the scientific calendar.
Research by Dr Marc Holderied in the School of Biological Sciences which found that a rainforest vine has evolved dish-shaped leaves to attract the bats that pollinate it was covered by BBC News, New Scientist, National Geographic and other media around the world.
A young athlete being supported by Bristol University has been selected to compete in the UK School Games – a showcase for Britain’s sport stars of the future.
Neuroscientists at the University of Bristol have received a major funding boost of £550,000 from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to continue their research into the pathological processes underpinning Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, affecting around 465,000 people in the UK.
How plants sound as well as how they look helps them to attract pollinators, a new study by scientists at the University of Bristol, UK and the Universities of Erlangen and Ulm, Germany has found.
Adam Sardar, a penultimate-year PhD student at the Bristol Centre for Complexity Science (BCCS), has won the Outstanding Poster Award at the premier international computational biology conference ISMB2011 for his work on horizontal gene transfer and its impact on the tree of life.
The race is on to find inspirational members of staff to represent the University when the Olympic Torch Relay travels through Bristol.
Research from Dr Andrew Radford of the School of Biological Sciences into allopreening by green woodhoopoes was covered by the Daily Mail, Planet Earth and Live Science.
New research by the University of Bristol’s School of Social and Community Medicine which found that many GPs remain reluctant to discuss the topic with parents or to refer overweight children to weight reduction services, was covered by the Daily Mail, BBC Radio Bristol and GP Newspaper.
A study by researchers from the University of Bristol’s Children of the 90s suggests by monitoring the rate of change and actual blood pressure during pregnancy, more women who are at risk of pre-eclampsia could be identified.
One in five 11-year-old children is currently defined as obese, and the country faces a potentially huge burden of increased obesity-associated morbidity and early mortality. New research by the University of Bristol has found that despite the health implications of childhood obesity, many GPs remain reluctant to discuss the topic with parents or to refer overweight children to weight reduction services.
An archaeologist at the University of Bristol believes he may have discovered Britain's oldest example of rock art.
The discovery by a Bristol archaeologist of a reindeer wall engraving in a South Wales cave, which could be Britain's oldest example of rock art, was covered by The Sunday Times, BBC News and local media.
Evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins was at Bristol University on Monday to film an interview with Bruce Hood at the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre for his new Channel 4 series about sex, death and the meaning of life.
Dr John Maher, formerly Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at Bristol, has died. Professor Nick Norman remembers ‘a remarkable individual’.
A new book examines the history and design of the University’s impressive range of historic gardens.
In a special issue of one of the world's leading medical journals, The Lancet, Gareth Williams, Professor of Medicine at the University of Bristol, tells the story behind the greatest ever coup in the history of preventative medicine — the eradication of smallpox.
Why were people offended when BBC broadcaster James Naughtie mispronounced the surname of the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt? Why is it much easier for bilingual speakers to swear in their second language? New research from the University of Bristol sheds light on these issues and how they might help to answer the much-debated question: does the language you speak affect the way you think?
World-leading experts on the legend of King Arthur gather in Bristol for the 23rd Triennial Congress of the International Arthurian Society, hosted by the University of Bristol, from Monday 25 to Saturday 30 July.
Actor and director Greg Doran, described as “one of the great Shakespeareans of his generation”, will return to the city where he learnt his trade today [22 July].
Qualifying for the Olympics is the next goal for talented sportsman Lawrence Clarke, who has just graduated from the University of Bristol.
Prolific book publisher John Sansom is to be honoured by Bristol University today [22 July] for awakening interest in the city and its heritage.
Martin Hughes, Professor of Education and a developmental psychologist who understood deeply the role of out-of-school learning, has died. Professor Rosamund Sutherland and Wan Ching Yee offer a tribute.
A philanthropist who helped to establish a Foundation in America which has funded $1million in scholarships and bursaries for Bristol University will be honoured today [21 July].
The University of Bristol will today [21 July] honour a grandmother who has transformed the lives of hundreds of families affected by autism.
UNICEF, the United Nation’s children's organisation, has highlighted two University of Bristol projects as examples of outstanding research that will have a real impact on improving the lives of children.
Babies weaned on home-cooked fruit and vegetables are more likely to eat fruit and vegetables as children, according to recent research.
In urban fox families, mothers determine which cubs get to stay and which must leave while fathers have little say in the matter, new research by biologists at the University of Bristol has found.
The Chief Executive of NHS South West is to receive an honorary degree today [20 July] in recognition of his dedication to improving the healthcare of millions.
Professor Stephen Mann FRS in the School of Chemistry is one of the 2011 winners of the Société Chimique de France’s French-British Prize.
Professor Mervyn Miles FRS, Director of the University’s Nanoscience and Quantum Information Centre, will give a talk on the huge potential of nanotechnology to transform many aspects of our lives at the newly opened M-Shed on Bristol’s Harbourside on 8 September.
The book 'In defence of dogs' by Dr John Bradshaw, Visiting Fellow and Honorary Director of the Anthrozoology Institute in the University's School of Veterinary Sciences, has been widely reviewed by the national media.
Research into urban fox families by Helen Whiteside in the School of Biological Sciences was covered by the BBC and media in Russia and Germany.
