Nature and Science
Two Bristol academics who have had their work published in these prestigious journals.
Research
New trigger found for volcanic eruptions
New insights into what might trigger the eruption of Mount St Helens and other potentially explosive volcanoes.
The Union Jack
This year is the 400th anniversary of the first raising of the Union flag.
Any old iron?
How and why did life evolve on planet Earth? This fundamental question has occupied the minds of scientists since before Darwin ...
Vital statistics
Statistics and probability are the complementary disciplines of the science of uncertainty, but many of us are still uncertain about why we might need them.
The loss of possibility
Although more and more couples are trying for a first baby later in life there has been little research into older women’s experience of early miscarriage.
A comfortable birth
How does the body respond to modern day medicinal drugs?
Plaques, cracks and heart attacks
There are about 1.3 million people in the UK who have survived a heart attack, but a third of all heart attack victims die before reaching hospital.
The case of the private rented sector
Outcomes from a workshop that looked at the regulation of the private rented sector of the housing market.
Shining a light on bird behaviour
Current lighting systems used in the housing of many captive birds may not enable the animals to make reliable assessments of potential partners.