Beermats to boost conversations in pubs and tackle loneliness in older men
Specially-designed beermats have been created to highlight the important role traditional pubs have to play in tackling loneliness in older men.
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Have you ever wondered why Disney’s Robin Hood was a fox? National Lottery-funded project explores the answer
Most of us remember the Disney adaptation of Robin Hood, portrayed in the cartoon as a sly trickster fox. But did you ever wonder why the Prince of Thieves was animated as a fox in the first place?
Bristol academics amongst next generation of research leaders awarded £98 million to tackle global causes
Four Bristol academics and 80 other promising science and research leaders will receive £97.8 million to conquer major global issues and commercialise their innovations in the UK.
Plankton will store more carbon as Earth’s climate warms – but storage beyond end of century uncertain
The amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century, predict researchers at the University of Bristol and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).
Nearly 60% increase in UK households in serious financial difficulties, Bristol researchers find
One in six UK households (4.4 million) are now in ‘serious financial difficulties’, compared to one in ten (2.8 million) in October 2021 – an additional 1.6 million households, according to a survey analysed by academics at Bristol’s Personal Finance Research Centre.
Dino-bird dandruff research head and shoulders above rest
Palaeontologists from University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered 125 million-year-old dandruff preserved amongst the plumage of feathered dinosaurs and early birds, revealing the first evidence of how dinosaurs shed their skin.
Paralympian graduates: 'Attaining my master's is one of my greatest achievements'
Paralympian Dan Bethell celebrated seven years of hard work in lecture theatres and on the court as he graduated from the University of Bristol.
Growing bio-inspired shapes with hundreds of tiny robots
Hundreds of small robots can work in a team to create biology-inspired shapes – without an underlying master plan, purely based on local communication and movement. This is what researchers from Barcelona working with the Bristol Robotics Laboratory found when they introduced the biological principles of self-organisation to swarm robotics.
University of Bristol welcomes Professor Evelyn Welch as its new Vice-Chancellor
History is made at the University of Bristol today as Professor Evelyn Welch becomes the first female Vice-Chancellor and President since its doors opened in 1909.
A gold inflatable Martian House designed to withstand life on Mars has landed in Bristol
A two storey house designed for future life on Mars has landed on M Shed Square in Bristol, UK as part of ongoing public art project, Building a Martian House.