Scientists are inviting members of the public to find out about dementia research in the region at a free event [31 March] which aims to improve patient and public involvement in studies.
The University of Bristol is awarding honorary degrees to Sarah Montague and James Wadsworth at degree ceremonies taking place today [10 February] in the Wills Memorial Building.
The link between volcanism and the formation of copper ore has been discovered by researchers from the University of Bristol. Their findings, published today in Nature Geoscience, could have far-reaching implications for the search for new copper deposits.
The city’s first joint venture between Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol can begin thanks to approval at the city council’s cabinet last week [Tuesday 3 February]. Bristol Is Open received unanimous support from cabinet members and enables University research and council owned infrastructure to come together for the first time.
Over 100 delegates will gather in Bristol today [9 February] for the largest local summit of its kind, being held to help bees and other pollinating insects.
Dr Paul Howard Jones from Bristol’s Graduate School of Education will feature in a new Channel 4 documentary [broadcast 10 Feb] providing a unique insight into the secret life of four-year-olds.
A Bristol MP swapped legislation for a lab coat when he visited the University of Bristol to learn more about the pioneering public health work taking place in the city.
Dr Bahareh Shirinfar is being hosted by the University after receiving a prestigious Newton International Fellowship from two of the UK’s leading research academies – the British Academy and the Royal Society.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Eric Thomas, will officially sign the Global Farm Platform Statement of Intent on Tuesday 10 February.
Broderick Coburn, a PhD student at Bristol's EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science, has received the American Society of Composites Best Student Paper in Composites award.
With three months to go until the general election, the campaign trail is hotting up and election literature is being produced thick and fast. An archive of election material, believed to be the biggest of its kind, is urging the public not to throw away any publicity, but to help capture Britain’s political history.
New evidence shows that the levels of atmospheric CO2 millions of years ago support recent climate change predictions from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Rabbits are the UK’s third most popular pet, after cats and dogs, with around 1.7 million kept as pets but very little is known about their quality of life. A new University of Bristol study has found although many pet rabbits are happy and healthy several issues, including living alone or with unsuitable animals, affect many rabbits.
Three Bristol engineering students are celebrating their success after receiving Diamond Jubilee Scholarships from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
The School of Veterinary Science, in association with the University’s Elizabeth Blackwell Institute, is offering veterinary clinicians an opportunity to spend six months doing research in Bristol’s medical labs.
A recent University of Bristol student has a date with the Queen after being awarded a top honour in recognition of her outstanding voluntary work.
What is this thing called literature? Why should we study it? And how? A new book by Professor Andrew Bennett of the University of Bristol and Professor Nicholas Royle of the University of Sussex exploring these questions will be launched on Friday 6 February at Foyles Bookshop in Bristol.
The Alfred Jewel, one of the most precious objects from the Anglo Saxon era, will be the subject of a TV documentary by Professor Mark Horton of the University of Bristol’s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.
An enterprise hub run by the University of Bristol has received a £4million boost from the Government, as announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during a visit.
Chemists at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with colleagues at the Central Laser Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and Heriot-Watt University (HWU), can now follow chemical reactions in liquids with unprecedented, atomically resolved detail on sub-picosecond timescales (1 picosecond = 10-12s) – matching the time intervals between molecular collisions.
Steve Croker, former Teaching Laboratory Manager in the School of Chemistry, died on 12 December 2014. Professor Nick Norman pays tribute to an inspirational leader with a positive attitude in all aspects of life.
The University of Bristol has been awarded a share of £2.2 million as part of a new £40 million investment for UK synthetic biology. Business Secretary Vince Cable announced the multi-million investment at the Manchester Institute for Biotechnology, where researchers are using the technology to investigate how to use bacteria in place of fossil fuels to produce the chemicals we need to manufacture a wide variety of everyday products from credit cards, to nappies, to Tupperware tubs.
A new research project, led by University of Bristol academics, to identify the effects of exercise on young people’s hearts has been announced today [Wed 28 Jan 2015]. Manchester United’s Academy players are being put through their paces having their hearts monitored by the latest imaging technology to give invaluable insights into how young people’s hearts work while doing exercise.
Bristol is set to see the launch of its first joint venture between the city council and the University of Bristol. In a move to combine University research and advanced technology with council owned infrastructure, the company will develop an innovative high-performance, high-speed network in Bristol.
Two of Bristol’s best-known landmarks were aglow with green as the city launched its year in the spotlight as European Green Capital 2015.
Archaeologists have located the exact position where the ss Great Britain was grounded for nearly a year during her fifth voyage to New York in 1846.
Does glass ever stop flowing? Researchers at the University of Bristol and Kyoto University have combined computer simulation and information theory, originally invented for telephone communication and cryptography, to answer this puzzling question.
Using a specially designed hot-water drill to cleanly bore through a half mile of ice, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded team of researchers, including Professor Martyn Tranter of the University of Bristol, has become the first ever to reach and sample the ‘grounding zone’, where Antarctic ice, land and sea all converge.
New global estimates for herpes simplex virus type 2 show that over 400-million people worldwide were infected with the virus in 2012. The estimates underline the extent to which herpes simplex virus type 2 – the virus which causes genital herpes – is widespread throughout the world causing a significant burden of disease. The research, led by University of Bristol academics and the World Health Organisation [WHO], is published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Professor Stephen Sparks of the University of Bristol, a geologist whose work has improved understanding of how volcanoes work and our ability to forecast deadly volcanic eruptions, will receive the 2015 Vetlesen Prize, an award considered to be the Nobel Prize of the earth sciences.
Haemoplasmas are a group of blood borne bacteria found in a wide range of mammals, including domestic and wild cats, and can cause severe anaemia. The findings of a new study have significantly advanced researchers’ knowledge of immunity for these pathogens.
Poorer parents are just as involved in education, leisure, and sports activities with their children as better-off parents, a new study involving University of Bristol academics has found.
The University of Bristol’s journey on University Challenge continues tonight [19 January], when its team goes head-to-head with the University of Liverpool in the quarter finals.
Professor Michael Lee, an expert in ruminant nutrition in the School of Veterinary Sciences, has been appointed Head of Site at North Wyke, Rothamsted Research’s site for grassland systems research.
A group of ancient timber-framed buildings in a North Shropshire village will be studied as part of a local history project led by Dr George Nash, Visiting Fellow at the University of Bristol, and villager Alastair Reid. The village heritage team in the small hamlet of Tilley, 1.5km south of Wem, has been awarded £65,500 by the Heritage Lottery Fund for the three year project.
As dairy farmers across Europe anxiously await the lifting of EU milk quotas in April this year, new research from the University of Bristol has revealed the antiquity of dairy farming in a region famous for its dairy exports: Ireland.
Two University of Bristol academics are part of a UK consortium, led by the British Geological Survey (BGS), which will carry out research at two proposed hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) sites in Lancashire.
'Get Bristol Buzzing', an initiative to make life better for pollinating insects in Bristol, launches today as part of the city’s year as European Green Capital.
Experts from the University of Bristol will be sharing their expertise and advice as part of Digital Bristol Week – a free programme of training, events, workshops and panels organised by the BBC.
Insect-eating pitcher plants temporarily ‘switch off’ their traps in order to lure more prey into danger, new research from the University of Bristol and the University of Cambridge has found.
