Toshiba’s Telecommunications Research Laboratory appoints new Managing Director
Toshiba’s Telecommunications Research Laboratory (TRL) in Bristol has announced the appointment of Professor Ian Craddock as Managing Director.
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Pioneering research reveals empathetic communication can help overcome vaccine hesitancy
An international study has shown for the first time how empathetic correction of misinformation among vaccine-hesitant patients can significantly improve attitudes towards vaccination – and potentially boost vaccine uptake.
Professor Lord Robert Winston officially opens CRICBristol
Professor Lord Robert Winston officially opened Bristol’s new Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRICBristol) yesterday [Monday 19 September].
Mouse to elephant? Just wait 24 million generations
Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant.
€3.5m for research into volcanic unrest
A collaborative research project that could significantly improve our understanding of the processes behind volcanic unrest and our ability to forecast its outcomes has been awarded almost €3.5 million by the European Commission.
Research grant to study Lewy body disease
Researchers at the University of Bristol’s Dementia Research Group have been awarded a grant by local charity BRACE to investigate Lewy body disease and its association with other diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Biochemists identify how tissue cells detect and perfect
Scientists have discovered how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties accordingly. The findings, published today in the journal Developmental Cell, could open up new opportunities for improving tissue repair in patients following illness or surgery.
Should the work of Banksy be listed?
Graffiti has traditionally been seen as a menace by local authorities, its appearance viewed as an indicator of decline in amenity and something to be painted over or scrubbed away. However, new research by the University's Law School questions whether the work of the well-known British street artist, Banksy, should be protected as a listed asset.
Scientists receive funding boost to further research into mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease
Neuroscientists at the University of Bristol have received a major funding boost of £550,000 from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to continue their research into the pathological processes underpinning Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, affecting around 465,000 people in the UK.
Rainforest plant developed sonar dish to attract pollinating bats
How plants sound as well as how they look helps them to attract pollinators, a new study by scientists at the University of Bristol, UK and the Universities of Erlangen and Ulm, Germany has found.