The speed at which we drink alcohol could be influenced by the shape of the glass, and markings on the glass might help us drink more slowly, according to new research from the University of Bristol, presented today at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Liverpool.
People who eat different types and brands of commonly available food items, such as pizza, are more likely to overeat than people who tend to consume the same brand, according to new research conducted at the University of Bristol.
New £3.3 million synthetic-biology research facilities at the University of Bristol were officially opened today by representatives from the UK research councils and the University. The research carried out there will have numerous applications, including helping to speed up drug discovery and development, and improving the yield of wheat.
The University is pleased to announce that several of its schools are new recipients of Athena SWAN awards.
Sorana Vieru, Postgraduate Education Officer for Bristol SU, has been elected as the National Union of Students (NUS) Vice President (Higher Education) at NUS National Conference 2015.
Tracey Hamblin, a cleaner at Oakfield House, passed away recently. Liz Lynch, Site Services Manager, offers a tribute.
A University of Bristol student has reached the final of a new BBC award to find the very best of young British dance talent. Sivani Balachandran, 18, will showcase her skills in BBC Young Dancer 2015 which will air on BBC Four on Friday [1 May] at 8pm.
The School of Experimental Psychology has launched a series of four films, games and factsheets on working memory which explore recent work on working memory and classroom learning and behaviour.
A PhD student based in the lab of Professor Gary Foster and Dr Andy Bailey (School of Biological Sciences) has won a poster award from the Genetics Society of America (GSA) for research into the development of antibiotics derived from fungus.
Academics from the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences have been awarded a grant from RCVS Knowledge to create a free online teaching and learning resource for evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM).
People across the city are being invited to turn their trash into cash for charity when the Bristol Big Give gets underway next month. Although the collection and recycling scheme has been solely targeted at students in the past, it’s being widened out to the whole community from 1 May.
Reported emissions of a group of potent greenhouse gases from developed countries are shown to be largely accurate, but for the wrong reasons, according to new findings from an international team, led by researchers at the University of Bristol.
Whether or not patients see the same GP could affect how quickly bowel and lung cancers are diagnosed, according to a Cancer Research UK study led by University of Bristol researchers published in the British Journal of General Practice today.
City life in Bristol has been voted the best in Britain in a major survey of 20,000 university students across the country. The University of Bristol won the ‘City Life’ category at last night’s 2015 Whatuni Student Choice Awards.
Eavesdropping on coral reefs reveals patterns in soundscapes that are linked to the reef’s physical and biological characteristics, according to new research from the University of Bristol.
It’s a common dilemma faced by many working parents: your child has a cough or a cold, do you send them to nursery? Researchers from the University of Bristol have, for the first time, investigated the process of decision-making that parents go through when faced with this situation.
Vets across the UK are set to take part in the Big Tick Project, the largest nationwide collection of ticks from dogs in a bid to help scientists, led by Professor Richard Wall at the University of Bristol, track what is feared to be a growing threat to people and their dogs from tick-borne zoonotic diseases such as Lyme disease (Borrelia).
Setting Out to Shock, a new exhibition curated by History of Art masters students opens at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection this month.
The first convincing evidence for sexual differences in a species of dinosaur has been described by University of Bristol MSc student, Evan Saitta, in a study of the iconic dinosaur Stegosaurus, published today in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
A dozen early-career researchers from the School of Social and Community Medicine recently travelled to Brazil to deliver an epidemiology course to South American academics.
A high-tech science hub dedicated to training world leaders in catalysis has opened its doors to students from the Universities of Bristol and Bath.
Does your dog enjoy training? Researchers at the University of Bristol are looking for keen dogs and their owners to take part in a study on dog behaviour.
The University of Bristol’s Department of Aerospace Engineering has been awarded £2.4 million as part of the £16 million Agile Wing Integration (AWI) collaborative research project that aims to cut aircraft carbon emissions.
New analysis of world-famous 3.46 billion-year-old rocks by researchers from the University of Bristol, the University of Oxford and UWA (the University of Western Australia) is set to finally resolve a long running evolutionary controversy.
A flavour of Bristol was recreated in Beijing as almost 350 Chinese students who studied at the University of Bristol celebrated their graduation.
Ecojam, Bristol's fastest-growing online green and ethical community, is extending its reach by expanding to Bath, London and other areas of the UK. Throughout Bristol’s European Green Capital year, the Ecojam team will be encouraging communities and individuals to kick-start Ecojam in their local area via a UK-wide network of green online hubs.
The University of Bristol has today launched its new state-of-the-art Quantum Engineering Technology (QET) Labs. The QET Labs will provide unique world-leading facilities, bringing together industrial and academic collaborators to build devices that span numerous areas of quantum technology development from the nano-fabrication of quantum devices to a city-scale Quantum Key Distribution network.
The University has been awarded almost £600,000 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to support researchers from a wide range of disciplines in efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
The University’s medical faculties (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences) have been awarded another round of INSPIRE funding from the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS).
The University of Bristol and the Guardian are co-hosting an event on 24 April that explores the housing problems facing today’s students. PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED.
Spring is finally here! Take a break from your desk and get out and about around the University. We are running a photo competition for staff and students to find the best photo of your ‘hidden Bristol’.
Discrimination by employers has meant that Muslim women are much more likely to be unemployed than white Christian women even when they have the same qualifications and language abilities, new research from the University of Bristol shows.
New geological fieldwork in China has changed our understanding of a famous dinosaur fossil site. Up to now, the site at Lujiatun, in Liaoning Province, northeast China, was called the ‘Chinese Pompeii’ because it was assumed the animals had been killed by volcanic gases and buried at the same time under clouds of ash from erupting volcanoes.
Books, musical instruments and sports equipment will be winging their way from Bristol to Rwanda thanks to a new campaign being launched by a genocide survivor studying in the city.
An academic from the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences is one of the winners of the 2015 Ceva Animal Welfare Awards. The awards commend and recognise volunteers, charity workers and veterinary professionals for their outstanding contribution to animal welfare around the world.
New analysis published by the Carbon Trust quantifies the benefits of introducing ‘ice pigging’, an innovative way of cleaning pipework using ice slurries that was invented and developed at the University of Bristol, into commercial dairies to improve profitability and reduce environmental impact.
Almost 1,000 people from across China will come together for a traditional British graduation celebration when the University of Bristol recognises the success of its recent graduates in Beijing.
Children with type 1 diabetes run almost five times the risk of being admitted to hospital for any reason as their peers, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
The use of morphine, heroin and other related opioids for the relief of severe pain and as drugs of abuse will be explored in a free public lecture on Thursday 30 April 2015 at the University of Bristol.
Popular North Sea fish such as haddock, plaice and lemon sole could become less common on our menus because they will be constrained to preferred habitat as seas warm, according to a study by researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol published today in Nature Climate Change.
