New research by academics in the University’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory has looked at whether social media could be used to track an event or phenomenon, such as flu outbreaks and rainfall rates.
Health experts from across the world will gather in Bristol this week for the 40th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC). The conference, which will runs from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 July 2011 is hosted this year by the Academic Unit of Primary Health Care at the University of Bristol.
How much is education worth, the recession and the US war on drugs will be just some of the areas addressed at a conference hosted by University of Bristol economists tomorrow [2 November] as part of a nationwide Festival highlighting the UK’s leading social science research.
Research by academics at the University of Bristol's Children of the 90s has found gaining more than the recommended weight during pregnancy can lead to long-term obesity.
Preparations are underway for a unique test of engineering technology that could pave the way to reducing atmospheric temperatures caused by climate change, if conventional attempts to reduce carbon emissions prove insufficient.
An international research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol has demonstrated a new technique that dramatically simplifies quantum circuits, bringing quantum computers closer to reality.
Plain cigarette packaging could help prevent people taking up the habit but would have little effect on those who already smoke on a daily basis, according to new research from the UK Centre for Tobacco Studies (UKCTCS), which has bases at the Universities of Bristol and Bath.
A talented aerospace engineer has received a Fulbright Commission Postgraduate Scholarship Award, one of the most prestigious awards programmes in the world, to carry out research into the future design and build of aircraft at the University of Bristol.
A groundbreaking trial by academics at the University of Bristol to test bone marrow stem cell therapy with a small group of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been shown to have possible benefits for the treatment of the disease.
Dr Patricia Lucas in the School for Policy Studies is leading a new three-year research project to develop a strategy to ensure that key messages and findings from current research into child health are being transmitted effectively to policy makers across Europe.
