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For their final year research project Kira Goode and Monica Wai surveyed thousands of women to find what deterred them from using the sustainable period product.The result was Cup2, a portable sterilising and cleaning case that tackles…

Using the latest IPCC models (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), the team expects the ‘Biological Pump’ – a process where microscopic plants, often called phytoplankton, take up carbon and then die and sink into the deep ocean…

The study, by researchers at the University of Bristol and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), compared doctor and patient views of communicating blood test results…

Professor Agnes Nairn, Bristol's Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement, signed Memoranda of Understanding with Hanoi University of Mining & Geology and British University Vietnam (BUV) at the UK-Vietnam Education Collaboration…

ELEAT’s cereal is high in protein and fibre, including gut friendly prebiotics, and is low in sugar. It is also vegan friendly and gluten free.The cereal will be delivered to customers on a subscription model in two packaging options: a…

By analysing a tribe of Neotropical butterflies called Ithomiini, found in the Amazonian rainforests of eastern Ecuador, the researchers were able to show that habitat shifts - indicated by mimicry pattern - accurately predict changes in…

Though people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are at a greater risk of chronic kidney disease it is not known if high levels of physical fitness can reduce the impact of low socioeconomic status on chronic kidney disease. The study,…

As this is the first time the implant is being tested in humans, the team are initially recruiting six patients with damage to their knee joint cartilage. This first phase of the study will investigate the implant’s safety and performance…

The findings, published today in Nature, were reached through a pioneering model that reconstructs the diversity of marine animals from their origin - some 550 million years ago- to the present, based on plate tectonics and environmental…

The NCMD’s third thematic report, published today , uses unique and comprehensive data on child deaths in England to examine how neonatal health affects child mortality. It looks at deaths reported to the database between 2019 and 2021,…