Gastric bypass is the most clinically and cost effective form of interventional surgery for people living with severe obesity, reveals landmark research. The new University of Bristol-led trial, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is published today [31 March] in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
The renowned academic scientific journal PNAS has named a University of Bristol research paper providing insight into a fascinating method used by caterpillars to detect predators as one of the best it published in 2024.
Guests were invited to explore, debate and imagine what 2035 would look and feel like with the arrival of 6G at the University of Bristol’s Connected Futures Festival.
While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in last moments of approach, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.
Nerves reached fever pitch as Bristol’s second University Challenge quarterfinal was decided by a rare tiebreak.
Charging electric cars in faster than five minutes and making the national energy grid much more efficient could be a step closer to reality thanks to a unique new partnership on track to revolutionise semiconductor microchip technologies.
Professor Gianni Angelini, Director of the Bristol Heart Institute at the University of Bristol, and cardiac surgeon at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Coronary Artery Surgery for his pioneering work.
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh GCVO, as Royal Patron of The Scar Free Foundation, visited the University of Bristol yesterday [20 March] to learn about a world-leading research study that aims to achieve scar free healing within a generation.
Electric scooter schemes appear to reduce the risk of bicycle collisions by around 20%, according to a University of Bristol-led study. The research, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is published in Injury Prevention today [21 March].
New data from a satellite one million miles from Earth has helped UK scientists including University of Bristol researchers shed light on how mysterious forces shaped the evolution of the universe.
Three University of Bristol academics have been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR).
Two University of Bristol researchers joined WaterAid UK for a Water and Climate Reception hosted by His Majesty The King to highlight the increasing risks to drought and flooding in major cities across the world.
A determined student will cycle 2,500km across nine countries to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer – after his mum overcame the disease.
Peter Haggett, Professor of Urban and Regional Geography, passed away on 9 February at the age of 92. His colleagues and former students in the School of Geographical Sciences pay tribute to one of the discipline’s most distinguished scholars and a former Acting Vice-Chancellor of this University.
The University of Bristol will be involved in two projects announced as part of a £12m funding boost from Innovate UK to pioneer the quantum internet of the future.
A new report has revealed how the 100 most populated cities globally are becoming increasingly exposed to flooding and drought.
An invention improving microscopes to battle diseases like cancer and a tool ensuring financial AI models are unbiased are ideas that have won £20,000 for their female founders.
Children who consumed the least amounts of seafood at 7-years-old were likely to be less ‘prosocial’ at ages 7 and 9 years than those who regularly consumed seafood, according to a new study. ‘Prosocial’ behaviour includes friendly interactions, altruism, and sharing.
The Children of the 90s health study at the University of Bristol, which researches the lives of thousands of families in the south west, has been awarded £5.2 million to continue its pioneering work to improve people’s health.
James Foulds, former Chair of University Council, passed away in February at the age of 88. We offer this tribute to a devoted and stalwart supporter, advisor and friend of the University.
Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, University of Bristol academics have found.
Bristol students came from behind to win the first of their University Challenge quarterfinals.
For the first time, a new resource containing DNA sequencing data for over 37,000 children and parents collected over multiple decades from across the UK is now available to researchers worldwide. The resource, which includes data from three UK long-term birth cohorts including the University of Bristol’s Children of the 90s study, will allow scientists to explore the relationship between genetic and environmental factors in child health.
Visitors to the University of Bristol’s virtual museum The Uncertain Space can now explore how the BBC has created some of TV’s greatest wildlife and natural history documentaries.
Did you know a human heart will beat around 100,000 times and continuously pumps about 8 pints of blood around the body each day, but how can you keep a heart healthy. Members of the public will have the opportunity to find out at the Bristol Heart Festival. The free, hands-on event, will take place on Thursday 13 March at the Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol.
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