A research programme that aims to develop new ways of engaging communities in decision making with businesses and policy makers will begin thanks to funding of £2.4 million from the Economic and Social Research Council [ESRC].
The Department of History’s ‘Historical Photographs of China’ project is the focus of a documentary ‘Old Photographs Fever: The Search for China's Pictured Past’ to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 11am on Wednesday 11 July.
The last decade has seen a remarkable shift in how people use the internet in relation to their health and it is now talked of as a routine feature of being ill.
Meniscal tears are suffered by over one million people a year in the US and Europe alone. Meniscal tears currently only have the potential to heal if they are located in the peripheral edge of the meniscus which has a blood supply. Ninety per cent or more of tears currently are therefore not amenable to repair. Instead, treatment usually involves removal of the damaged part of the meniscus, however this surgery is strongly correlated with development of osteoarthritis several years later.
Bristol Cathedral, in partnership with the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, is to carry out an archaeological survey of College Green. The survey will take place, weather permitting, on 18-20 June 2012, with a possible follow-up survey the following week.
Working parents are often caught between the needs of their sick child and their job, which can lead to continued day care use even when their child is ill. New research has found children going to nursery when they are unwell with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) may be an important factor in the spread of these illnesses in the community.
With one in seven humans undernourished, and with the challenges of population growth and climate change, the need for efficient food production has never been greater. Eight strategies to cut the environmental and economic costs of keeping livestock, such as cows, goats and sheep, while boosting the quantity and quality of the food produced have been outlined by an international team of scientists.
Since 2004, nearly 1.9 million East Europeans have come to the UK. New research, led by academics at the University of Bristol, has examined how current East European migration to the UK has been racialised in immigration policy and tabloid journalism, providing the first insights into how racism is affecting migrants' experiences of work and life in the UK.
Modern cats diverged in skull shape from their sabre-toothed ancestors early in their evolutionary history and then followed separate evolutionary trajectories, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in PLoS ONE.
Snack consumption and BMI are linked to both brain activity and self-control, new research from the Universities of Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol, and Bangor has found.
