An engineer who is helping to improve the provision of safe drinking water in Sub-Saharan Africa and India has been selected for a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship.
A new app to access naloxone, the life-saving medicine to prevent an opioid overdose, is launched in Somerset today on International Overdose Awareness Day [31 August]. The app, which is supported by University of Bristol research, is the first-of-its kind in England.
A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary clash.
University of Bristol students have been playing to sell out crowds at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
A University of Bristol researcher has received a portion of £1.4 million reserved for boosting UK infrastructure protections against global warming.
An innovative bimanual robot displays tactile sensitivity close to human-level dexterity using AI to inform its actions.
Come and find out about the vital role pollinators play in our lives and other pollinators you may find in your garden at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden this weekend.
A pioneering quantum computing company co-founded by academics from University College London (UCL) and the University of Bristol has landed more than £13m in funding to develop its revolutionary technology.
An extremely rare collection of 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France are closely related to living species, unlike older fossils of their kind.
Patients are not given sufficient information about the novel status of a procedure, possible uncertainties or potential risks when deciding to go ahead with the procedure, research led by the University of Bristol and published in the Annals of Surgery has found.
The University of Bristol’s Royal Fort Gardens has been bestowed with a coveted Green Flag Award, officially recognising the gardens as one of the country’s best parks.
University of Bristol Women’s Rugby Football Club (UBWRFC) will become the university partner for Bears Women providing a coherent pathway for those wanting to pursue academic excellence alongside developing a professional rugby career.
Researchers from University of Bristol have received funding to investigate whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used to detect disease in dairy cows earlier.
Researchers at the University of Bristol have made a remarkable step forward in finding a potential cure for a type of childhood kidney disease.
Three clinicians based in the Academic Respiratory Unit (ARU) have been successful in gaining prestigious and highly competitive clinical academic funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC).
Screening has reduced the incidence of bowel cancer finds a new study jointly led by researchers from the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
Financial services are an essential part of our everyday lives – from making payments, to borrowing money, taking out insurance, saving for the future and getting financial advice.
The activity level of six bat species was significantly reduced at solar farm sites, researchers have observed.
A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already using whale-like filter feeding 250 million years ago.
Heliconius butterflies are capable of spatial learning, scientists have discovered.
An experiment on coral reefs provides the first evidence that predators use other animals for motion camouflage to approach their prey without detection.
Poaching of two Critically Endangered Kordofan giraffes per year could result in extinction in just 15 years within Cameroon's Bénoué National Park without intervention. These are the alarming new findings of a University of Bristol and Bristol Zoological Society-led study published in the African Journal of Ecology.
The atmosphere was out of this world as a NASA astronaut returned to her old university to receive an honorary doctorate.
A student who lost his family home and fell into a deep depression after his mother died has today graduated from the University of Bristol.
Professor Francesco Fornetti, Associate Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering, has been named a National Teaching Fellow (NTF), the most prestigious award for teaching in UK higher education.
A student who was a young carer and went to 11 schools has graduated from the University of Bristol.
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