University of Bristol

Multi-storey buildings are assembled over cautiously to withstand wind strengths, researchers have found.This is because there are several difficulties in estimating damping – the method of removing energy in order to control vibratory…

Visiting Professor David Quarton, a leading figure in the wind energy industry, has joined the Royal Academy of Engineering as a Fellow.Professor Quarton joins 72 leading engineers from the UK and around the world who have been newly…

The success of PReCePT, a programme to increase the use of magnesium sulfate to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies, has been highlighted in a study led by National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research…

Viewers of Sex Education might recognise a few Bristol locations when the eagerly-anticipated final season airs on Netflix today.Although largely filmed in Wales, two University of Bristol buildings feature in the popular series - the…

A 20-year-old who only started running this year has completed seven marathons in seven days.Lucca Froud’s epic journey took him from London to Paris – all in the aid of WildFish, a charity that campaigns to protect fish and their…

Primate species with better colour vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur colouration, as previously thought.The findings, published this week in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, suggest that red skin and/or…

An exciting new sports science study is underway at the Children of the 90s clinic at the University of Bristol. European Challenge Cup winners, the Bristol Bears, are pioneering new research looking at the association between body…

Researchers have unravelled for the first time a fundamental shift in the way American politicians communicate on social media, which helps explain the proliferation of compelling misinformation.The international study, published today in…

A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.The research, published today in Nature Geoscience and led by…

Over 500 investors have pledged to back an inventor’s SmartSocks – a technology that could transform care for people with dementia and non-verbal autism.Dr Zeke Steer quit his job, took up a robotics PhD and began volunteering in a care…