Who has access to your health records? What do women want from the general election? Can Britain handle the threat of international terrorism? These are some of the hot topics being debated at a thought-provoking series of events across Bristol next month.
A new book exploring hedonism and the Cyrenaic philosophers by Dr Kurt Lampe of the Department of Classics and Ancient History is published this week.
New research, published just before British Summer Time ends, shows that proposals to permanently increase the hours of waking daylight could increase children’s activity levels.
Designer proteins that expand on nature’s own repertoire, created by a team of chemists and biochemists from the University of Bristol, are described in a paper published this week in Science.
How ferns adapted to the extreme environmental conditions found in the high Andean mountains of South America is the focus of new research by the Universities of Bristol and Sheffield, published today in PLOS ONE.
In the near future, smart wearable technologies will make it easier for the elderly to continue living independently, while enabling their children and caregivers to ensure their safety and daily health and well-being are properly monitored.
Professor Jonathan Sandy, currently Interim Dean of Medicine and Dentistry, has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, which will take effect from 1 August 2015.
The President of the Republic of Singapore visited the University of Bristol yesterday [Thursday 23 October 2014] as part of a four-day State Visit to the UK as a guest of Her Majesty The Queen.
Incidences of torture and ill-treatment around the world have not been diminishing and the need for effective prevention is ‘as great as it ever has been’, according to United Nations human rights expert Professor Malcolm Evans OBE.
Those who self-harm as teenagers are more at risk of developing mental health and substance misuse problems as adults, new research from the biggest study of its kind in the UK has revealed.
The University’s Graduate School of Education has successfully led a bid for funding from the Department for International Development to develop a ‘hub for innovation’ in the Rwandan education system.
Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have teamed up with school children, veterans of modern conflict and other volunteers to uncover the history of Britain’s real-life war horses.
Professor Malcolm Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Health and Social Policy, has won the British Society of Gerontology’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2014.
A three course meal whipped up from ‘waste’ food, local live music and speeches from ethical eaters will take place on Wednesday [22 October] to celebrate FoodCycle Bristol’s birthday.
Brian Duddell, who worked as a porter in the Queen's Building and the School of Mathematics for 23 years, has passed away. Liz Lynch, Site Services Manager, offers a tribute.
The way we interact with our GPs could be transformed thanks to a new £458,000 project exploring whether consultations could viably be conducted via email, text message, telephone or via the internet.
About one in 700 babies in the UK are born with a cleft lip, a cleft palate or a cleft lip and palate. A detailed online resource for families and individuals affected by this condition will be launched this weekend at CLAPA’s annual conference.
Scientists have used computer simulations to show how bacteria are able to destroy antibiotics – a breakthrough which will help develop drugs which can effectively tackle infections in the future.
Law students at the University of Bristol are launching a new advice service for the public, answering questions on everything from employment and housing to privacy and voting.
Michelle Cini, Professor of European Politics, has been awarded a Fellowship by the Academy of Social Sciences.
Sir Max Hastings, one of the country’s best-known journalists and an award-winning author, will be giving a special lecture in Bristol about the start of the First World War.
The likelihood and potential impacts of volcanic ash on nuclear generating sites in the UK will be investigated by researchers from the University of Bristol in partnership with EDF Energy, thanks to a £150,000 grant from the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC).
Myths about the brain are common among teachers worldwide and are hampering teaching, according to new research published today [15 October].
Bristol will be marking International Home Movie Day this Saturday [18 October] with the opportunity to share your home movies and videos.
The journal Policy & Politics, which is published by Policy Press at the University of Bristol, has announced its biggest ever increase in the world's journal rankings.
Tom Barber, a postgraduate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded an Industrial Fellowship by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
A Wiltshire town’s unusual role in the Second World War as a ‘Tank Island’ has been explored in recent research.
Stephen Gray, a PhD student from the University of Bristol, has built a virtual reality version of Bristol in 1914.
Bristol will be joining a global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths as part of Ada Lovelace Day.
The ideal cost per dose for a new meningitis vaccine ranges from £3 up to a possible £22 only if several vaccine favourable factors all coincide, according to research which has analysed how to maximise the reduction in cases while making a new vaccination programme cost-effective.
An innovative new project, investigating whether the uncertainty inherent in games can increase the rate at which children learn science, will get underway in the South West thanks to a £650,000 funding boost.
Four graduates from the University’s Engineering Design degree have been awarded a group prize from the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED).
A collaborative project between the University, Aardman Animations and Bristol Museums has been awarded funding by the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts.
A research project has, for the first time, demonstrated the reliable streaming of video and multimedia content to large groups of Wi-Fi enabled tablets and smartphones as a multicast service.
How the largest animals to have ever walked the Earth fed, and how this allowed them to live alongside one another in prehistoric ecosystems is the subject of new research from the University of Bristol and the Natural History Museum, London.
Professor Mervyn Morris, newly-appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica, will give the Bristol Poetry Institute annual reading for 2014 this Friday [10 October] in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building.
A new tissue banking initiative, called the Brain Tumour Archive Network, that will unlock thousands of previously hard to access brain tumour samples for researchers throughout the UK has been announced today [Tuesday 7 October].
The next generation of aircraft could be thinner and lighter thanks to the development of a new imaging technique that could detect damage previously invisible to acoustic imaging systems.
Trying on clothes when a shop is closed could become a reality thanks to new research that uses semi-transparent mirrors in interactive systems and which will be unveiled at an international conference tomorrow [Tuesday 7 October].
New research by scientists at the University of Bristol has challenged one of the key axioms in biology - that enzymes need water to function. The breakthrough could eventually lead to the development of new industrial catalysts for processing biodiesel.
