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University of Bristol Offers £100,000 Start-up Funding in Pitching Contest
Founders will vie for a share of £100,000 in start-up funding at an event that showcases the work of dozens of young entrepreneurs.
The business community can watch University students, staff and recent graduates compete at the…
Research Finds More School-Based Foodbanks Than Regular Ones Nationwide
Research shows schools have increasingly stepped in as a fourth emergency service and are now the biggest source of charitable food and household aid for families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
The working paper, led by the…
University of Bristol Launches Groundbreaking Immersive Virtual Museum, Opening Collections to All
One of the world’s first virtual museums has been created by the University of Bristol in which users can access and interact with items and artefacts from the University’s cultural collections.
The Uncertain Space has been built to…
New Research Advances Silent Flight Technology, Nearing Takeoff
The mystery of how futuristic aircraft embedded engines, featuring an energy-conserving arrangement, make noise has been solved by researchers at the University of Bristol.
The study, published today in Journal of Fluid Mechanics,…
Study Reveals Marine Plankton Behavior as Predictor of Future Sea Life Extinctions
Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth’s warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction event.
All but the most specialist sea plankton moved to higher latitudes during the Early Eocene Climatic…
Robotics Takes Cues from Octopus: New Suction Mechanism Unveiled
A new robotic suction cup which can grasp rough, curved and heavy stone, has been developed by scientists at the University of Bristol.
The team, based at Bristol Robotics Laboratory, studied the structures of octopus biological…
New Surveillance Report Finds Opioid Dependence Remains High but Stable in Scotland
Opioid dependence in Scotland remains high but largely stable, according to a new University of Bristol-led analysis published in Addiction today and by Public Health Scotland. The study is the first to estimate the number of people…
UK Unveils Discovery of Gigantic Ichthyosaur, Potentially Largest Marine Reptile Ever Found
The fossilised remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two metres long has been found on a beach in Somerset.
Experts have identified the bones as belonging to the jaws of a new species of enormous…
University of Bristol Takes Lead in Ensuring Cyber Security for Future Digital Infrastructures
A new University programme which will address the grand challenge of providing cyber security at societal scale has received £6.8 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The SCULI…
University of Bristol: Sensing Technology Poised to Revolutionize UK Industry, Especially in…
In the study, published today in the journal Waves in Random and Complex Media, researchers from the University of Bristol have derived a formula that can inform the design boundaries for a given component’s geometry and…