New device which can withstand 1400C temperatures could improve solar energy production
An innovative probe which can operate in temperatures as high as molten lava has been created by researchers.
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New supercomputer puts Bristol at the forefront of research
One of the fastest and most advanced supercomputing facilities in the UK, capable of over 200 trillion calculations per second, is helping to revolutionise research at the University of Bristol.
Innovative start-ups receive windfall in boost to Bristol’s creative technology centre
Creating dialogue for every possible outcome in video games, moving musical experiences from stereo to immersive and holding ticketed events in virtual spaces are among seven pioneering projects which have been granted a share of £1.2 million.
Prestigious prizes for Bristol civil engineers
Bristol Engineering graduate, Joe Smith, has been named New Civil Engineer Graduate of the Year 2013, and another Bristol engineer, Tom Bartley, is a runner-up.
Super Mario hackers’ tricks could protect software from bugs, study finds
Video gamers who exploit glitches in games can help experts better understand buggy software, students at the University of Bristol suggest.
Bristol co-hosts round-table on communications systems
The Communication Systems and Networks Group in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering recently co-hosted a round-table event organised by the US instrumentation company National Instruments.
A sensing technology that can assess the quality of components in fields such as aerospace could transform UK industry
A sensing technology that can assess the quality of components in fields such as aerospace could transform UK industry.
University of Bristol to lead the way in making future digital infrastructures cyber secure
A new University programme which will address the grand challenge of providing cyber security at societal scale has received £6.8 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Bristol undergraduate among the UK’s 'best and brightest'
Joe Webber, an engineering design student in the Department of Engineering Mathematics, has won a special award at the TARGETjobs National Student Challenge for the UK’s best and brightest university students.
UK universities embrace the free, open, online future of higher education powered by The Open University
Students from the UK and around the world will have free access to some of the country’s top universities thanks to FutureLearn Ltd, an entirely new company being launched by The Open University (OU). The universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, King’s College London, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick have all signed up to join FutureLearn.