Fantastic eggs and where to find them
Archaeologists and scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Durham and the British Museum are using cutting edge technology to crack a conundrum surrounding the ancient trade in ostrich eggs.
Research
Drones collect measurements from a volcanic plume at Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala
A team of volcanologists and engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge have collected measurements from directly within volcanic clouds, together with visual and thermal images of inaccessible volcano peaks.
One year on: South West researchers and businesses in the battle against COVID-19
Over the past year, up and down the UK, thousands of research and innovation projects have been publicly funded to tackle the pandemic. Researchers at the universities of Bristol, Bath and Exeter, and businesses in the South West are playing a key role in how the UK is combatting COVID-19. Their work forms part of a £550 million COVID-19 rapid investment programme by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) - the largest public funder of research and development in the UK.
Double win for PhD student at major science meet
A PhD student has scored twice at a major international science conference, winning prizes for best talk and best poster.
Combining heroin and commonly prescribed non-opioid pain killers leads to a significant rise in overdose deaths
A multi-disciplinary study has shown that the recent substantial increase in prescriptions for two drugs, pregabalin and gabapentin, used widely for a range of neurological disorders is closely correlated with a rise in the number of overdose deaths in England and Wales. These drugs have become drugs of abuse, according to new University of Bristol findings published in Addiction, which highlight that they are especially dangerous when used with heroin or other opioids
£2 million award will advance understanding of mechanisms of learning and memory
Neuroscientists at the University of Bristol have been awarded a prestigious £2 million Wellcome Trust Investigator Award for a five-year study to investigate the neuronal circuits that drive our recognition memory.
New result from the LHCb experiment challenges leading theory in physics
Bristol physicists are part of a team that has announced ‘tantalising’ results that potentially cannot be explained by our current laws of nature.
Dame Julia Slingo announced as new Chair of Cabot Institute External Board
Yesterday (April 10), the University of Bristol said a fond farewell to the outgoing Chair of the Cabot Institute External Advisory Board (CIEAB), Sir John Beddington, and warmly welcomed Dame Julia Slingo to the role.
University welcomes German Ambassador to the UK delegation
The German Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Miguel Berger visited the University on Friday [11 November], to meet Professor Evelyn Welch, the University's Vice-Chancellor and President, to discuss opportunities for UK-Germany education and research collaboration.
How Bristol’s research has played a key role in the world’s response to COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, academics from across the University of Bristol joined together to understand the virus and the impact of the pandemic. Today [23 March] is a year since the first UK lockdown and their research is continuing to play a key role in global efforts to overcome the disease.