University of Bristol

The award from the Medical Research Council will help scientists understand how genetic mutations in multiple different genes lead to common biological and cognitive changes and identify new therapeutic targets.Schizophrenia is a severe…

University of Bristol students have spent a month at the European Space Agency testing their satellite in the brutal conditions it will face in space.The satellite is designed to monitor active volcanoes and make 3D models of their ash…

Dr Paul Bate, Chief Executive of UK Space Agency, visited the University to meet some of the academics at the heart of research into next-generation space technology.His visit marks the debut of regional partnership Space West, announced…

An analysis extending from southern Portugal to northern Norway highlights the importance of temperature in determining where fish species are found.By confirming temperature as a key driver of large-scale spatial variation in fish…

The University of Bristol’s CONNECTED Network has trained 21 plant scientists from 11 countries in ‘Vector and Virus Diagnostics’ in Nairobi, Kenya.This course gave participants specialist knowledge enabling them to identify which virus…

Active monitoring of prostate cancer has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the largest study of its kind today. The latest findings from the ProtecT trial, led by the Universities of Bristol…

Change is needed to the way safer sleep information is communicated, if risks to babies from unsafe sleeping practices are to be reduced, according to a new report from the universities of Oxford, UCL, Bristol and Newcastle. This was…

Livestock dung could be used to create the next generation of cellulosic materials, according to a new report.Livestock dung is typically used as a fertiliser or as a source of biogas for green energy applications, but the study, led by…

One of the first practical applications of the much-hyped but little-used quantum computing technology is now within reach, thanks to a unique approach that sidesteps the major problem of scaling up such prototypes.The invention, given…

Hotter, more humid weather conditions and a history of overheating may be factors in predicting whether a Thoroughbred racehorse will suffer an incident of exertional heat illness (EHI), according to new research led by the University of…