International

Bristol part of new £4 million FDA study to advance understanding of severe coronavirus infection

5 October 2020

Bristol is part of a major new international project to improve our understanding of severe coronavirus infection in humans. The study, funded by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will analyse samples from humans and animals to create profiles of various coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. The results will help inform the development of new treatments and vaccines to tackle coronavirus infections.

Scientists use the Great Oxidation Event and how organisms adapted to it to map bacterial evolution

3 April 2025

Microbial organisms – particularly Bacteria – dominate life on Earth, yet tracing their early history and how they have developed over time has long eluded scientists because they rarely fossilize.

9/11 can teach us how to support those bereaved during COVID-19, researchers find

16 September 2020

Researchers from a leading end-of-life charity have looked to 9/11 and other mass death events for approaches to support people bereaved through COVID-19.

Mud-slurping chinless ancestors had all the moves

1 October 2020

A team of researchers, led by the University of Bristol, has revealed our most ancient ancestors were ecologically diverse, despite lacking jaws and paired fins.

Zeetta Networks signs co-operation agreement with Bristol Is Open

12 October 2016

Zeetta Networks announced today [Wednesday 12 October] that it has signed an agreement with Bristol Is Open for the deployment of Zeetta’s NetOS® on the Bristol Is Open network in the world's first use of open networking technologies orchestrating a diverse Smart City network.

Bristol student reaches final of the 2016 IET Innovation Awards

12 October 2016

A postgraduate student from the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Communications at the University of Bristol has been selected as a finalist in the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Awards.

Slower growing chickens experience higher welfare, commercial scale study finds

16 September 2020

Slower growing broiler chickens are healthier and have more fun than conventional breeds of birds, new evidence from an independent commercial scale farm trial has shown. The study carried out by researchers from FAI Farms, the University of Bristol and The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, is published today [16 September], in Scientific Reports.

Depression and other mental health conditions linked with immune response, study finds

30 April 2025

Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, but mechanisms underlying these conditions are poorly understood. New research led by researchers at the University of Bristol has linked the body’s immune response with schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and bipolar disorder. The study demonstrates mental health conditions might be affected by the whole body as well as changes in the brain. The findings could pave the way for better treatments of some mental health conditions.

Scientists create 'floating pixels' using soundwaves and force fields

12 October 2016

A mid-air display of ‘floating pixels’ has been created by scientists. Researchers at the Universities of Sussex and Bristol have used soundwaves to lift many tiny objects at once before spinning and flipping them using electric force fields.

Nokia and Bristol Is Open commit to partnership to develop the open programmable city

11 October 2016

Nokia, the Finnish communications and information technology company, announced today [Tuesday 11 October] that it is forming a partnership with Bristol Is Open, an ambitious joint venture between the University of Bristol and Bristol City Council.