Bristol task force to address torture prevention in Nairobi, Kenya
Academics from the University of Bristol will be travelling to Nairobi, Kenya this week [18 – 19 October] to address the implementation of torture prevention standards in Africa.
International
Law student earns England Bronze at Commonwealth Games
Georgie Twigg, a University of Bristol student, scored England’s Bronze medal-winning goal in the women's hockey at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.
Bristol Robotics Lab wins bid to host Robot World Cup
Bristol will play host to the world’s most advanced autonomous robots, who will compete against each other along with the expertise of their creators, at the FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2012, hosted by the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
A link between dementia, high blood pressure and blood flow in the brain?
A new study led by academics at Bristol University's Dementia Research Group, based at Frenchay Hospital, will look at the relationship between dementia and high blood pressure, and how blood flow is regulated in the brain.
I win, you lose
A new study by a team at the University's Graduate School of Education and Department of Computer Science has used brain imaging to reveal how people and animals learn from failure and success.
£3.3m to model last interglacial sea level
A NERC consortium grant worth nearly £3.3 million has been awarded to a network of researchers, co-led by the University of Bristol, to model the last interglacial sea level.
Emotions help animals to make choices
A new review of animal emotion suggests that, as in humans, emotions may tell animals about how dangerous or opportunity-laden their world is, and guide the choices that they make.
Dogs may be pessimistic too
Research by academics at the University of Bristol, and funded by the RSPCA, has gained new insight into the minds of dogs, discovering that those that are anxious when left alone also tend to show ‘pessimistic’ like behaviour.
Flower power for the 21st century
Why are flowers the shapes they are? How do they make seeds? What role will they play in feeding a growing global population? These and other questions come under the spotlight at an event at the Victoria Rooms on Thursday 4 August at 5.30pm when members of the public are invited to join world-leading scientists to explore the science of flowers.
New research could help in the treatment of cardiovascular disease
New research by Sarah George, Professor of Cardiovascular Signalling and colleagues in the School of Clinical Sciences at the University of Bristol, could help in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.