Driverless car project researches advances in vehicle connectivity
The £5.5m FLOURISH driverless car project has successfully completed the latest phase of its investigations into the requirements of the cyber-physical infrastructure of the future.
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GW4 collaboration will bring economic and social benefits to Wales and South West
An alliance designed to boost research and innovation in Wales and South West England held its Welsh launch last night.
Bristol grad and online entrepreneur hopes engineering medal will inspire young women
A Computer Science graduate, whose visual search technology has revolutionised online fashion retailing, hopes winning the Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious Silver Medal will inspire other young women.
From chicken to egg – Hennovation project launched
Due to increasingly stricter legislation in animal welfare and sustainability of production, commercial animal husbandry has gone through tremendous changes in recent years. A new European project, led by the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences, aims through innovation networks to implement new practices in animal welfare and production in the laying hen industry.
ACCIS students go back to school with composites research
Researchers from the University’s EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science (ACCIS CDT) led an outreach event with a difference for Year 7 students at the Crypt School in Gloucester earlier this month.
Reducing flood risk around the world
How global flood risk models are being used to reduce flood impacts around the world is the subject of a new review by an international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of Bristol.
Fish offer lessons in effective leadership
Good leaders needing to strike a balance between striving to reach goals and keeping their followers with them has deep evolutionary roots, according to a new study from the Universities of Bristol, Harvard and Princeton on schooling fish.
Experience immersive VR documentaries
A Virtual Realities project will be showcasing three non-fiction works and hosting a discussion panel next Tuesday [25 June] from 5 to 8 pm at the Watershed, Bristol.
Plant virology and vector-transmitted disease experts join forces to help African farmers
Farmers in African countries who face failing harvests due to insect vector plant diseases are being helped through a new training programme set up by leading experts in plant virology and vector-transmitted diseases. The CONNECTED network, led by an international consortium of universities including Bristol, is aiming to transform Sub-Saharan African agriculture through providing specialist training to crop researchers.
Is my child seriously ill?
Parents generally tend to consider their child more unwell than GPs and use different factors to judge symptom severity, according to researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care in a study published in the British Journal of General Practice today [Tuesday 12 March].