University of Bristol

The poverty premium is the extra costs people on low incomes and in poverty pay for essential products and services. Examples include using pre-payment meters for gas and electricity, paying more for home and car insurance due to where…

In a review, published today in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science, scientists reveal that predators became meaner and prey animals adapted rapidly to find new ways to survive. On land, the ancestors of mammals and birds became…

The UKRI has awarded a total of £118 million to research organisations across the UK through its Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) to support critical, early-stage translation and impact of UK research.Bristol will receive £4.27 million…

Now, researchers have studied precisely how much mass these glaciers – not connected to the ice sheet – have lost in recent decades.In the Arctic, temperatures are rising more than in the rest of the world, and this is causing the…

The companies shortlisted to compete for Best Elevator Pitch award are: Corus, Grand Bequest, Hope Tech, Inclued, Lurnable, Metasonixx, Milbotix, Optect and Voltric.Seven other companies will exhibit at the event but are not involved in…

The findings, led by the University of Bristol, revisit the long-held belief that humans are insensitive to the energy content of the foods they consume and are therefore prone to eating the same amount of food (in weight) regardless of…

Each day around 15,000 people will get a taste of the courses, student life and pastoral support on offer for those who study at the University.For many it will also be their first experience of one of the world’s best cities.Starting…

The latest UK league table published today shows 24 of Bristol’s subjects are ranked in the top ten for their discipline, with eight in the top five. General Engineering (called Engineering Design at Bristol) is ranked second in the…

SARS-CoV-2 continues to have a major impact on communities and industries around the world. In an attempt to find innovative strategies to block SARS-CoV-2 infection, the team previously identified NRP1 as an important receptor at the…

Bristol is ranked 9th in the United Kingdom - up one place - and 18th in Europe according to the highly regarded league table, which analysed 2,462 universities in 100 countries.QS's annual survey asked 130,000 academics and 75,000…