Thriving animal collectives like ants should move through their environment like ‘savvy gamblers’
Many animals have to move around in their environment to find resources to live and reproduce.
News in August
Awe-inspiring giant Earth installation on display in Bristol
Following the success of Museum of the Moon in 2017 and The Impossible Garden last summer, the University of Bristol is delighted to host another spectacular installation by Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram.
Double success for Bristol’s teaching and learning at national awards
The University of Bristol is today [5 August] celebrating a double accolade for its teaching and learning.
Genes that first enabled plants to grow leaves identified by scientists
The genes that first enabled plants to grow shoots and conquer the land have been identified by University of Bristol researchers. The findings, published in Current Biology [1 August], explain how a 450-million years ago a switch enabled plants to delay reproduction and grow shoots, leaves and buds.
Bristol hosts country's top AI and data scientists for Turing Hackathon
Some of the country’s top talent from data science, artificial intelligence and related fields will be taking part in a week-long hackathon next week (5-9 August) to analyse real-world data science challenges.