University of Bristol

Natural wood already boasts an inherently lower life cycle cost than other materials and is a naturally strong, lightweight, and durable composite material that could offer an attractive alternative to commonly used polymers, metals and…

Researchers from the universities of Bristol and Cardiff have created a new bilingual website to educate and enthral children on how infection takes place and the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.The research team, together with…

Organised by The Natural History Consortium (the charity behind the city's Festival of Nature), the free pop-up events represent a chance for every single household to make a real difference to biodiversity on their doorstep.Collections…

Currently, the UK depends on imports of radioisotopes for the vast majority of the 700,000 nuclear medicine treatments and diagnostic procedures it dispenses each year. However, many of the source reactors of these radioisotopes,…

The awards, announced today, are for researchers whose work has had international impact and whose future research career is exceptionally promising.Prof Matthews is Co-Director of the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering…

After reaching the big six zero, Harry declared that “life begins at 60” and signed up for a PhD at the University of Bristol’s School of Policy Studies.The move back to education tops off a varied career for Harry, which has seen him fly…

The study funded by NHS England sought to gain new insight into suicide among young people by examining the characteristics and contributing factors of 199 child deaths that were either reported or reviewed between 1 April 2019 and 31…

As a result of this initiative, they have built the world’s largest egocentric dataset using off-the-shelf, head-mounted cameras.Progress in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) requires learning from the…

The campaign, which launches today , is asking men who are concerned that they are, or have been, abusive in their relationships with women to take part in a 23-week group programme, called REPROVIDE, to help them change their behaviour.…

The study, led by the University of Bristol, and published today in Addiction, was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care.Varenicline, bupropion, and…