Collaboration seeks to create open solutions to urban challenges
Bristol Is Open and NEC Corporation have signed a long-term partnership agreement to develop the open programmable city.
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Investigating GP practices' response to the COVID-19 pandemic
A new project led by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care will collect intelligence about the demands on GP practices, the challenges, and the creative solutions practices have developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This information will be used to support GP practices more effectively.
Pioneering research exposes huge loss of glaciers in one of the fastest-warming places on Earth
A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot for the first time – and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years.
Bristol researchers set to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials
Researchers at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and the University of Bristol are set to begin trials of a vaccine pioneered in the UK which could protect against COVID-19.
A female Prime Minister is not enough: Britain needs a representative Parliament too
While Britain welcomes its second female Prime Minister, a new report by a University of Bristol academic has found Westminster remains disproportionately white, male, and elite.
An ant-inspired approach to mathematical sampling
A team of Bristol researchers observed the exploratory behaviour of ants to inform the development of a more efficient mathematical sampling technique.
Research into how human sperm swim in 3D
Using state-of-the-art 3D microscopy and mathematics, Dr Hermes Gadêlha from the University of Bristol, Dr Gabriel Corkidi and Dr Alberto Darszon from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, worked to reconstruct the movement of the sperm tail in 3D with high-precision.
Bristol working with the Office for National Statistics to aid local UN Sustainable Development Goal data reporting across the UK
Organisations are working together to help UK local authorities monitor progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Study finds evidence that loneliness makes it harder to quit smoking
In a study published in the journal Addiction, University of Bristol researchers have found evidence for a causal link between prolonged experience of loneliness and smoking.
Charity launches scar-free healing research campaign
A major medical research campaign to achieve scar-free healing within a generation was launched in London today.