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The review, published in The Lancet, summarises the currently available evidence from randomised controlled trials and observational studies published in peer-reviewed journals and pre-print servers.A consistent finding from the…

The researchers found that the vast majority of retailers that sell tobacco, albeit out of view, had prominent displays of e-cigarettes (used as a smoking cessation aid) and smoking paraphernalia, such as cigarette lighters.Displays of…

Epigenetic variation exists but it is unclear what causes this variation – is it genetic or is it the environment? It is also unclear how genetic differences that occur between individuals’ impact on our epigenomes. The atlas of genetic…

Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that the tips of some saturniid moth forewings are curiously rippled and folded. They found that these unique structures strongly reflect sound, meaning that a bat hunting using…

In one of the biggest projects ever funded in this area, a team at the University of Exeter, with co-investigators from the universities of Bristol and Essex and the UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London, will analyse…

The Bristol-led project is worth £8.5M over five years and includes £4.5M from the Research England Development (RED) Fund.Open research ensures transparency across the research lifecycle, promoting rigour, reproducibility, and public…

Tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges, 97 of the UK’s most talented researchers will be backed with £113 million to help bring their innovative ideas from lab to market and provide bold solutions to tackle major global issues…

Global risk assessment firm Moody’s Corporation has acquired a minority stake in Fathom, a global flood risk and modelling business established in 2013 by a team of academics from the University of Bristol. Creating flood models at both a…

Perceptual Robotics uses autonomous drones to map turbines, before passing the images onto a cloud-based artificial intelligence system which processes them to detect damage.The company’s founders, who met at the University of Bristol,…

Thoroughbreds are recognised for their sensitivity and this project will provide a research-based approach to retraining them for therapy work. EAT careers could include work with a diverse group of people, from veterans and disabled…