Dr Matthew Dickson from the Centre for Market and Public Organisation has been awarded £126,685 from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for research into the economics of education and pay.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) seems to be effective when delivered online in real time by a therapist, with benefits maintained over 8 months, according to a paper in The Lancet by Dr David Kessler of Bristol University's NIHR National School for Primary Care Research.
A protein found in cells has been shown to play a pivotal role in determining whether a cell lives or dies. This has important implications for many human diseases as it may contribute to the development of new therapies.
Researchers from the universities of Bristol and St Andrews have found that the colour of a person’s skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear, and have found that diet may be crucial to achieving the most desirable complexion.
An international project, led by Dr Volker Heyd of Bristol University, to excavate sites in and around Istanbul is providing remarkable new insights into the ancient history of an area that has long been the bridging point between Europe and Asia.
Professor Chris Jarrold from the Department of Experimental Psychology has been awarded a £12,000 grant from the Royal Society for his research into children with Down syndrome.
Opsins, the light-sensitive proteins key to vision, may have evolved earlier and undergone fewer genetic changes than previously believed, according to a new study from the National University of Ireland Maynooth and the University of Bristol published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) .
Professor Neville Morley of the Department of Classics and Ancient History has been awarded around £450,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a four-year project on the Greek historian Thucydides (c.460BC – c.395 BC).
A primitive quantum computer that uses single particles of light (photons) whizzing through a silicon chip has performed its first mathematical calculation. This is the first time a calculation has been performed on a photonic chip and it is major step forward in the quest to realise a super-powerful quantum computer.
Intermittent signaling by steroid hormones can affect the way genes are expressed in rodents, according to research by scientists at the University of Bristol and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA. This work has major implications for understanding how steroids work and opens novel avenues for new therapies.
