International
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Stem cell therapy could help mend the youngest of broken hearts
21 March 2017
Researchers have shown stem cells from the umbilical cord may hold the key to a new generation of graft and could reduce the number of surgeries required to treat young children born with certain types of congenital heart disease.
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The students making period poverty history
11 February 2021
Two students have launched a non-profit organization which has ended period poverty for hundreds of women in refugee camps – and they are only just getting started.
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New discovery could be a major advance for understanding neurological diseases
13 February 2017
The discovery of a new mechanism that controls the way nerve cells in the brain communicate with each other to regulate our learning and long-term memory could have major benefits to understanding how the brain works and what goes wrong in neurodegenerative disorders such as epilepsy and dementia. The breakthrough, published in Nature Neuroscience, was made by scientists at the University of Bristol and the University of Central Lancashire. The findings will have far-reaching implications in many aspects of neuroscience and understanding how the brain works.
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Scientists invent pioneering technique to construct rare molecules discovered in sediments from the Bahamas with potential to help treat disease and infection
5 December 2022
Scientists have created a much faster way to make certain complex molecules, which are widely used by pharmaceuticals for antibiotics and anti-fungal medicines.
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Virtual Futures: Where is Virtual Reality taking us?
20 March 2017
Virtual Reality – or VR - has long been the idea of science fiction but now it is happening and the impact on society is potentially huge. The University of Bristol and the Digital Cultures Research Centre at University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) are sponsoring a special track at this year’s VR World Congress [Tuesday 11 to Thursday 13 April] to encourage debate into what this may mean for everyone.
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New research will disrupt solar and expedite efforts toward Net-Zero target
10 February 2021
A team of researchers, led by chemists from the University of Bristol, has received significant funding from the UKRI to revolutionise the fabrication and application of photovoltaic devices, used to produce solar energy.
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Preparing for the "fourth industrial revolution" and a future of quantum computing
19 January 2017
Imagine in 2025 that quantum computers, while relatively expensive, are reliable, hugely powerful and able to circumvent strong encryption up to 256 bits. How should business, government and civil society prepare for such a future?
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Major streaming companies join pioneering initiative to monitor media industry’s digital carbon footprint
9 February 2021
Netflix, BT and Cambridge University Press are the latest to sign up to Bristol's fully operational DIMPACT tool.
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Artificial fingertip that ‘feels’ wins Harvard's robotics competition
18 January 2017
An open-source 3D-printed fingertip that can ‘feel’ in a similar way to the human sense of touch has won Harvard University's international Soft Robotics competition for its contribution to soft robotics research.
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All in the head? Brains adapt to support new species
9 February 2021
Scientists studying forest dwelling butterflies in Central and South America have discovered that changes in the way animals perceive and process information from their environment can support the emergence of new species. The study led by the University of Bristol, and published today [9 February] in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), has implications for how new species might evolve and the underappreciated role of changes in the brain.
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