University of Bristol

The report, written by researchers at the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) as part of The Bristol Civic Leadership Project, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the two options –…

Existing anxiety-reducing drugs are not always effective for all patients and often have unwanted side effects. Understanding the brain networks and mechanisms which underlie fear and anxiety may offer a new approach to developing better…

Dr Tointon of Bristol’s School of Mathematics presented his research to dozens of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of the poster competition STEM for BRITAIN.His research, which focuses on “probability on finite…

The grant will fund various research projects at CERN and other international laboratories, including searching for dark matter and looking for signs of new phenomena in the decays of subatomic particlesThe award is part of the Science…

The new research, published in Physics of Fluids, details how the Bristol-led research conducted confocal microscopy to take three dimensional images of woven fabric, the kind of material typically used to make cloth masks. Their…

Professor Ian Hamerton of the Bristol Composites Institute (BCI) in the Faculty of Engineering at the University has been appointed as NCC Chair in Sustainable Polymers and Composites, and from the NCC, Dr Enrique Garcia, Chief Technology…

After identifying very early into the pandemic that collecting samples from children was challenging, Amy proceeded to design and validate a simple saliva spit test to roll out to schools across Bristol. The antibody test is still…

The report concluded the world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5°C (2.7°F). Even temporarily exceeding this warming level will result in additional severe impacts, some of…

Now in its third year, the Breakthrough Bursary provides heavily subsidised membership to SETsquared Bristol’s incubation programme including bespoke business support, mentoring, coaching and investment readiness training, as well as…

Under the collaboration, Evotec will receive access to longitudinal samples from an international patient cohort, collected under a MRC funded global challenges project, which includes several hundreds of patients from Asia, India and…