People with or who have had breast cancer are already taking part in an electric bike (e-bike) trial, but more people are needed to help. The study, being run by the University of Bristol, wants to find out if e-biking can help people with breast cancer be more physically active.
It is that time of year when apples are growing in abundance. To try and make the most of the season, reduce the wastage of garden apples, and bring the community together, the University of Bristol has teamed up with The Cider Box taprooms for Apple Day 2023.
Researchers have designed a robot which can change form to tackle varying scenarios.
Of the more than 1.8 million adults in England with a recorded diagnosis of being overweight or obesity, only three percent are referred to publicly funded weight management programmes, according to a new University of Bristol-led study published today [28 September] in PLOS Medicine.
The University of Bristol has achieved a Silver rating in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) thanks to the inspiring teaching and research-rich education its students experience, and the outstanding range of opportunities this creates.
The Little Princess Trust has announced funding of three groundbreaking childhood cancer research projects including a new University of Bristol-led study that will investigate how protein production is changed in childhood cancer cells.
Patterns of chemical interactions are thought to create patterns in nature such as stripes and spots. This new study shows that the mathematical basis of these patterns also governs how the sperm tail moves.
Professor Neil Hyatt, an internationally-renowned leader in the field of radioactive waste management, is set to begin a three-year role at the University of Bristol.
Over 500 investors have pledged to back an inventor’s SmartSocks – a technology that could transform care for people with dementia and non-verbal autism.
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.
Researchers have unravelled for the first time a fundamental shift in the way American politicians communicate on social media, which helps explain the proliferation of compelling misinformation.
An exciting new sports science study is underway at the Children of the 90s clinic at the University of Bristol. European Challenge Cup winners, the Bristol Bears, are pioneering new research looking at the association between body composition and injury in elite level male, female and academy rugby union players.
Student volunteers gave 23,000 hours back to the community during the last academic year.
Primate species with better colour vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur colouration, as previously thought.
A 20-year-old who only started running this year has completed seven marathons in seven days.
Viewers of Sex Education might recognise a few Bristol locations when the eagerly-anticipated final season airs on Netflix today.
The success of PReCePT, a programme to increase the use of magnesium sulfate to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies, has been highlighted in a study led by National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) researchers including from the University of Bristol.
Visiting Professor David Quarton, a leading figure in the wind energy industry, has joined the Royal Academy of Engineering as a Fellow.
Multi-storey buildings are assembled over cautiously to withstand wind strengths, researchers have found.
Listening to rats' ultrasonic vocalisations could help provide a method to measure the impact of potential refinements on rat welfare without needing to remove the animals from their home cage.
Cases of Prolonged Grief Disorder among people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be significantly higher than pre-pandemic, indicates new research from the University of Bristol and Cardiff University.
Research has revealed for the first time the extent gambling messages saturate UK media coverage and social media during the opening weekend of the English Premier League football season.
A life-sized model of a suffragette named Hope, who is built out of 32,327 LEGO bricks, has gone on display at the University of Bristol.
Twenty subjects taught at the University of Bristol are top ten in their field, according to The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.
A University of Bristol mathematician has been named as one of winners of the 2024 Breakthrough Prizes, a prestigious set of accolades dubbed the ‘Oscars of Science’ which boasts an awards ceremony featuring many A-List celebrities.
One of the biggest crises in Earth history was marked by a revolution in the shellfish – brachiopods, sometimes called ‘lamp shells’ were replaced everywhere ecologically by the bivalves, such as oysters and clams. This happened as a result of the devastating end-Permian mass extinction which reset the evolution of life 250 million years ago.
Dozens of University of Bristol courses have placed highly in the Guardian University Guide 2024.
A pioneering study has shed new light on North African humid periods that have occurred over the past 800,000 years and explains why the Sahara Desert was periodically green.
The University of Bristol has been chosen to host a new national supercomputer research facility, focused on artificial intelligence (AI), the government announced today.
The rapid outbreak of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in 2022 likely resulted from high levels of sexual mixing among some gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), with the initial downturn in cases probably due to a reduction in sexual contacts among these men, according to new research led by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Behavioural Science and Evaluation. The HPRU is a partnership between the University of Bristol and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Researchers at the University of Bristol are calling for participants to take part in a new survey designed to expose areas of racial injustices in national funding award practices.
Jackdaws ditch old friends and make new ones if it helps them get rewards – but stick with family through thick and thin, new research shows.
The University of Bristol’s new, purpose-designed Dental School will be officially opened today [Friday 8 September].
Views around obesity are closely tied up with political values and wider social attitudes, suggesting that tackling weight stigma may require tackling other forms of stigma, new research led by the University of Bristol has found.
A University of Bristol academic has landed a grant worth more than £1.3m to study clandestine economic activities that give rise to disastrous environmental consequences such as small-scale gold mining, illegal logging, and land-grabbing in the Amazon rainforest.
A Technology Innovation Partnership for Net Zero Aviation in the South West has been launched. Focused on delivering transformational innovation to advance net zero flight, the founding partners are the Universities of Bristol and Bath, the National Composites Centre (NCC) and the advanced propulsion R&I centre IAAPS. The partnership will create a significant national capability that combined far exceeds working independently.
An art commission led by a University of Bristol academic designed to ask important questions about the potential mental and emotional impacts of future energy use will go on display at the V&A Museum in London later this month.
Up to 25,000 people will visit the University of Bristol on Saturday for its final undergraduate open day of the year.
Researchers from seven international institutions hope to transform traditional strategies used to tackle global HIV prevention for key populations particularly affected by the virus, thanks to a new £5 million Wellcome Discovery award to Professor Peter Vickerman at the University of Bristol.
A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the evolution of plant biology, effectively rewriting the history of how they evolved over the past billion years.
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