University of Bristol

Professor Neil Hyatt, an internationally-renowned leader in the field of radioactive waste management, is set to begin a three-year role at the University of Bristol.Prof Hyatt, currently Chief Scientific Advisor at Nuclear Waste Services…

Patterns of chemical interactions are thought to create patterns in nature such as stripes and spots. This new study shows that the mathematical basis of these patterns also governs how the sperm tail moves.The findings, published today…

The University of Bristol has achieved a Silver rating in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) thanks to the inspiring teaching and research-rich education its students experience, and the outstanding range of opportunities this…

Of the more than 1.8 million adults in England with a recorded diagnosis of being overweight or obesity, only three percent are referred to publicly funded weight management programmes, according to a new University of Bristol-led study…

Researchers have designed a robot which can change form to tackle varying scenarios.A team at the University of Bristol and based at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have built a tetrahedron shaped robot with flexible piping known as…

Researchers have conducted trials using a software capable of detecting intricate details of emotions that remain hidden to the human eye.The software, which uses an ‘artificial net’ to map key features of the face, can evaluate the…

Metro Mayor for the West of England Dan Norris visited the University of Bristol and met with experts looking to harness space as a key to net zero.The West of England’s growing space industry is worth over £300 million and Space West,…

The GW4 Alliance, an alliance of four of the UK’s most research-intensive and innovative universities: Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter, is to host the inaugural cross-alliance GW4 Open Research Week, taking place in November 2023.The…

A research team from the University of Bristol has suggested that mycelium composites could offer a sustainable alternative to traditional building materials and help address socio-economic and environmental challenges in Africa.In a new…

In a study published today in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Professor Mike Benton University of Bristol’s School of Earth Sciences and Dr David Whiteside and Dr Pam Gill also of the School of Earth Sciences and Scientific…