University of Bristol

People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, sexual minorities, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of 'internalised' weight stigma, new research led by the…

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 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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…