International
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Three-year population study supports fight to save Cameroon’s Kordofan giraffe
23 January 2024
Crucial new data about the numbers of Critically Endangered Kordofan giraffe living within Cameroon’s Bénoué National Park has been released, supporting conservation efforts to save the subspecies from extinction.
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Cocker Spaniel pup Ariel triumphs over rare congenital abnormality after specialist surgery
23 January 2024
Ariel, a five-month-old Cocker Spaniel, who had two extra limbs that resembled a mermaid’s tail has had successful specialist surgery carried out by a multidisciplinary team at the University of Bristol’s Langford Vets.
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New exercise unveiled to help businesses in the fight against cyber attacks
8 March 2018
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has unveiled an innovative new exercise that teaches business leaders how to protect their companies from cyber attacks. The resource, entitled 'Decisions and Disruptions', funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), was first developed by a group of academics, currently based at the University of Bristol, in partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre.
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Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI, study finds
14 March 2024
An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished fat mass from muscle mass in children and adolescents more accurately than BMI. The study, published in Pediatric Research, was conducted in collaboration between the universities of Bristol, Exeter and Eastern Finland.
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Results of the largest ever multimorbidity trial in primary care challenge current thinking
28 June 2018
In the largest ever trial of an intervention to treat people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) in primary care, researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Manchester, Dundee and Glasgow found that the patient-centred approach taken improved patients’ experience of their care but did not improve their health-related quality of life. This is a challenge to current thinking on which UK and international guidelines are based.
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£2.2 million for clinical trial to improve general practice response to men and children affected by domestic abuse
14 March 2024
A new clinical trial of a general practice programme to improve the identification and referral of men and children affected by domestic abuse begins in May thanks to a £2.2 million National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) award to University of Bristol researchers, in partnership with Oxford University and the social enterprise IRISi.
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Bristol Veterinary School researcher awarded UFAW Early Career Animal Welfare Researcher of the Year 2024
15 May 2024
Dr Vikki Neville, a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Discovery Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer ³Ô¹ÏÍø Veterinary School, has been awarded the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) Early Career Animal Welfare Researcher of the Year Award 2024.
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Discussing the future of global security
19 November 2014
Academics and staff from the diplomatic, defence and development sectors will come together in Bristol this week to discuss current global security issues.
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Bristol unveils high-fidelity radio models for ultra-reliable 5G deployment
21 March 2018
The University of Bristol's Smart Internet Lab unveiled its world-leading 5G radio models to government and members of the public last weekend [Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 March] at the Layered Realities 5G Showcase.
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Cash incentives drive weight loss in men
14 May 2024
A major UK study led by health experts at the University of Stirling in partnership with the universities of Bristol; New Brunswick, Canada; Aberdeen; Glasgow and Queen’s University Belfast, has found that offering text messages with financial incentives is effective in helping men to lose weight.
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