Research

Public trust in science remains strong during pandemic, but study suggests some decrease in late 2020

1 July 2021

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, scientific research has been widely used to communicate about the disease to the public. New research to understand public views of coronavirus science has found that confidence in science among people in England from March to November 2020 was good overall although declined over this time. People who had been shielding had greater trust in November 2020 compared with their description of the views that they held in at the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

Immersive documentaries commissioned to research effects of Virtual Reality

1 March 2019

The University of Bristol, University of Bath and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), in partnership with Watershed, are delighted to announce the commissioning of three new bold and distinctive VR documentary works.

Students challenged to harness tidal energy of Bristol Channel

5 November 2014

Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson yesterday [Tuesday 4 November] met with final year engineering students at the University of Bristol to launch the Bristol 2015 Marine Energy Accelerator Programme (MEAP) - a year-long programme of events and other initiatives, co-funded by Bristol City Council and Bristol 2015 European Green Capital.

Bristol chemists win Royal Society of Chemistry awards

6 May 2015

Dr John Bower and Professor Anthony Davis in the School of Chemistry have won prestigious awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Biodiversity buzzfeed: Which insects are the best pollinators?

2 September 2015

Bees top the charts for pollination success according to one of the first studies of insect functionality within pollination networks, published today by researchers at the University of Bristol and the University of St Andrews.

Ballooning platelets and the future of anti-thrombotic drugs

2 September 2015

Membrane ballooning in platelets during the blood-clotting process is driven by a coordinated system of salt and water entry which may be modified pharmacologically, a new study from the University of Bristol has found. The research could ultimately lead to the development of better ‘blood-thinning’ drugs for patients who experience complications with or are resistant to existing antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin.

New centre to train future leaders in cyber security

2 October 2019

The University of Bristol, in partnership with the University of Bath, has launched a new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Cyber Security, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

£4.9 Million UKRI grant to fund UK Dark Fibre Research Facility for Future Internet Research

1 March 2019

National Dark Fibre Facility will enable researchers to create the communications technologies to power the future internet.

Pregnant women in Bristol have doubts about new COVID-19 vaccines, study reveals

30 June 2021

Pregnant women said taking their routine vaccines like whooping cough and flu was even more important during the COVID-19 pandemic but they have doubts about the safety of taking new COVID-19 vaccines during their pregnancy, new research has found.

Fatal flaws in UK Government’s price of a life

1 October 2019

The measurement by which the UK Government attaches a monetary value to saving a human life is invalid and should be overhauled, according to Professor of Risk Management at the University of Bristol, Philip Thomas.