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  • We can’t always believe our eyes 9 May 2017 A blue plaque to commemorate the life and work of a great interdisciplinary thinker, whose interest was in visual illusion and what these revealed about human perception, will be unveiled tomorrow [Wednesday 10 May]. Bristol Vision Institute (BVI) at the University of Bristol will unveil the plaque to honour Professor Richard Gregory, a leading Bristol academic and psychologist.
  • 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.
  • Researchers find Greenland glacial meltwaters rich in mercury 24 May 2021 New research shows concentrations of the toxic element mercury in rivers and fjords connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet are comparable to rivers in industrial China, an unexpected finding raising questions about the effects of glacial melting in an area that is a major exporter of seafood.
  • One in five will have vaccine resentment over summer holidays 30 April 2021 Nearly one in five people who haven’t had a Covid vaccine say they'll feel resentful towards those who have if they don’t get one in time for their summer holidays, while the proportion of the public who think vaccine passports will infringe civil liberties has increased since March and about half think they’ll be sold on the black market, according to a new study.
  • No 'weekend admission effect' for the elderly sustaining broken hips in the NHS 27 March 2017 New research has found NHS patients admitted to hospital at the weekend with a hip fracture are at no greater risk of death compared to weekdays. In fact, the risk of death during the hospital stay was lower at the weekend than in the week. Only a delay to surgery; undergoing surgery on a Sunday, when provision for operations in many hospitals is less, being discharged from hospital on a Sunday; or out of hours were associated with an increased risk of death at 30 days.
  • Critical acclaim for Bristol academic’s debut novel about power relations and arranged marriage 29 March 2021 Armed with insights from more than 10 years of academic field work exploring women’s issues in her birthplace Liberia, University of Bristol academic, Dr Peace Adzo Medie, turned her hand to writing fiction.
  • Major breakthrough in the manufacture of red blood cells 24 March 2017 Researchers have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow more efficient manufacture of red blood cells. The team, from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood and Transplant, were able to manufacture red blood cells in a more efficient scale than was previously possible.
  • High fructose diets could cause immune system damage 22 February 2021 New research led by Swansea University in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bristol and the Francis Crick Institute in London has indicated that consuming a diet high in the sugar fructose might prevent the proper functioning of peoples' immune systems in ways that has, until now, largely been unknown.
  • Is there a link between telomere length and cancer? 23 March 2017 Telomeres are regions of repetitive DNA at the end of human chromosomes, which protect the end of the chromosome from damage. Whilst shorter telomeres are hypothesized biological markers of older age and have been linked to many diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases, whether these associations are causal is unknown.
  • Global taskforce set to demystify and overcome vaccine hesitancy amid COVID-19 pandemic 19 February 2021 International experts are joining forces to combat vaccine hesitancy by tackling its root cause – misinformation – and arming key influencers with the facts.

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