A new study has shown voters are more concerned about which party a politician belongs to than their position on Brexit – and this holds more sway with their future voting intentions when they encounter misinformation.
New research has revealed children’s physical activity in the UK has largely returned to pre-pandemic levels – but children are still more sedentary during the week.
A new report on the impact of ‘bride-price’ in Uganda highlights a range of negative effects that the practice has on women’s lives. A common practice in African countries, whereby material goods or money are paid by a groom to a bride’s family upon their marriage, the practice can result in abuse and impoverishment for a woman if she does not fulfil her ‘value’ to the marriage or attempts to leave.
New research has shown a lack of support available for family members and friends of people with gambling problems.
Women who are dissatisfied with their body shape spend more time looking at their thinner counterparts, finds a new University of Bristol-led study involving nearly 3,000 women. The research, published in Body Image, aimed to understand more about risk factors for eating disorders and potential targets for new treatment interventions.
A programme to increase the use of magnesium sulfate, a £1 injection that helps prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies, is effective according to a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded evaluation. The findings, led by researchers at the University of Bristol, are published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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Scientists at the University of Bristol have drawn on the design and life of a mysterious zooplankton to develop underwater robots.
A new festival that aims to open up conversations around death and bereavement is launching in Weston-super-Mare next week. Good Grief Weston (Monday 1 to Monday 8 May) will offer 30 workshops and events over eight days and across more than 20 venues.
A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could make underwater exploration more accessible.
A lesson to help teenagers find out about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in schools has been awarded the Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education Association quality mark. HPV is a common infection that is spread by skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact. Since the pandemic there has been a decline in the uptake of the HPV vaccine – down nationally from 86% to 69%
