Human rights for the 21st century
In the University's School of Law, human rights is a major research theme with individuals advising governments at the highest level.
Research
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As the population ages, the concept of 'regenerative' medicine is becoming recognised as an important new approach to solving many of our long-term healthcare needs.
Recreating a lost world
The cataloguing of 57,000 files from the Chinese Maritime Customs Service sounds a dry business, but Dr Robert Bickers in the Department of Historical Studies believes they will transform our understanding of Chinese history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Jackdaws switch friends to gain food – but stick with family
Jackdaws ditch old friends and make new ones if it helps them get rewards – but stick with family through thick and thin, new research shows.
The modern sea spider had started to diversify by the Jurassic, study finds
An extremely rare collection of 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France are closely related to living species, unlike older fossils of their kind.
Surgeons need to improve how they communicate with patients about innovative procedures
Patients are not given sufficient information about the novel status of a procedure, possible uncertainties or potential risks when deciding to go ahead with the procedure, research led by the University of Bristol and published in the Annals of Surgery has found.
Bristol’s new Dental School officially opens
The University of Bristol’s new, purpose-designed Dental School will be officially opened today [Friday 8 September].
Seeing the light
How can we tell how things would have looked to people in the past? This simple question led Kate Devlin, Veronica Sundstedt and Alan Chalmers from the University's Computer Science Department to become involved in realistic graphics and archaeology.
Culprit behind destruction of New York’s first dinosaur museum revealed
A new paper from the University of Bristol rewrites the history of the darkest, most bizarre event in the history of palaeontology.
Stormy times ahead?
Dr Jonathan Bamber, senior lecturer in the School for Geographical Sciences, is the lead investigator on a multi-institute project aimed at investigating how changes to the ice cover in the Arctic may affect the future climate of north-west Europe.