Animals best to supress individual personalities for group efficiency
Social animals should limit individuality to conform with the behaviour of the group, a University of Bristol study has found.
Research
Pompeii - a prototype ground zero
Shelley Hales is currently researching the enormous impact Pompeii has had on popular culture since its rediscovery in 1748.
The suggestibility effect
Alexandra Bright-Paul and Christopher Jarrold from the Department of Experimental Psychology set out to investigate why memory confusions occur frequently in children.
Understanding almost everything
Physicists at Bristol University have been part of an international collaboration involved in designing and building the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), at CERN, a hundred metres beneath the Swiss-French border.
Pioneering research reveals stark reality of divorcing couples’ finances
High-profile acrimonious divorce cases making news headlines have created the false impression court room showdowns and large financial settlements are commonplace.
New enterprise competition 2007
If you have a great business idea, you could win a share of a prize fund in excess of £30,000 in the 2007 New Enterprise Competition
Cliff hangers in the gorge
Passing through Cheddar Gorge recently, your eyes may have been drawn to a herd of rambling goats...
Joint effort
Osteoarthritis affects more than 35 million people worldwide. Research in the Department of Anatomy has identified new means for diagnosing and monitoring the progression of the disease.
Understanding Avebury
A survey conducted for the Arts and Humanities Research Council by PricewaterhouseCoopers has shown the real economic impact of archaeological research undertaken by a Bristol academic.
A flood of information
New ways of measuring the Earth’s surface from aircraft and satellites