International
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Newly launched British biotech company pioneers ground-breaking potential treatments for COVID-19
13 April 2021
A team of top scientists from the University of Bristol have announced the formation of a new biotech company that is developing ground-breaking and newly patented potential treatments for coronavirus.
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New funding for national consortium to model COVID-19 pandemic predictions
18 February 2021
A national consortium bringing together modellers to produce rigorous predictions for the COVID-19 pandemic and advise UK government bodies will receive £3 million funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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Bristol researchers to collaborate on national study to understand long COVID
18 February 2021
What is long COVID and how can diagnosis be improved? Using data from electronic health records at a national scale alongside information from thousands of participants in the UK's population-based cohort studies, these and other questions will be tackled following today's [18 February] announcement of a nationwide long COVID study led by University College London (UCL). The study will include Bristol’s Children of the 90s health study, based at the University of Bristol.
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Cystic fibrosis study offers new understanding of silent changes in genes
17 May 2017
Researchers studying the root cause of cystic fibrosis have made a major advance in our understanding of silent gene changes with implications for the complexity of cystic fibrosis. The findings are published today in [16 May] PLoS Biology.
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New design tool to enable global roaming smart phones
26 April 2017
Wireless communications is a technology that is used every day. Across society, there is a move away from using the internet on desktop computers and towards smartphones, tablets and laptops. Engineers at the University of Bristol have developed a novel radio frequency (RF) design tool that will speed up the design of tuneable wireless devices and will enable smartphones to roam internationally.
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Covid vaccines: passports, blood clots and changing trust in government
9 April 2021
Four in 10 people think those without a Covid-19 vaccination will be discriminated against, while around a quarter of the public have concerns about vaccine passports, according to a new study. The research, by the University of Bristol and King’s College London, also finds that three in ten people say the vaccine rollout has increased their trust in the UK government, and that before the latest news about the AstraZeneca vaccine, a majority did not believe it causes blood clots.
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University of Bristol climbs 11 places in the Guardian University Guide 2018
16 May 2017
Three subjects taught at the University of Bristol have been ranked the best in the country, according to the Guardian University Guide 2018.
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Credit card-sized soft pumps power wearable artificial muscles
17 February 2021
Robotic clothing that is entirely soft and could help people to move more easily is a step closer to reality thanks to the development of a new flexible and lightweight power system for soft robotics.
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Bristol COVID-19 antibody testing study launched
24 March 2021
A study that will enable researchers to understand more about the second wave of COVID-19 and its long-term health effects has been launched today [24 March] by Children of the 90s, a health study based at the University of Bristol.
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Good Grief Festival marks one year since first COVID-19 lockdown
16 February 2021
Good Grief Festival - a virtual festival exploring the many faces of grief - will return to our screens next month [Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March]. The festival has a programme of over 70 speakers and 50 free online events to help the many thousands of people in the UK and across the world who are grieving.
View the for public events and lectures run by the University.