International
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Prenatal exposure to air pollution associated with increased mental health risks
28 May 2024
A baby’s exposure to air pollution while in the womb is associated with the development of certain mental health problems once the infant reaches adolescence, new research has found. The University of Bristol-led study, published in JAMA Network Open today [28 May], examined the long-term mental health impact of early-life exposure to air and noise pollution.
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Scientists could help government achieve UK's net zero carbon target in groundbreaking £7.25 million project
29 June 2020
Chemists, biochemists and physicists ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Exeter and Sheffield have teamed up in a £7.25 million five-year project that could drive down the cost of energy production and help in the government’s net zero carbon ambitions
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Boosting key protein in eye cells could prevent age-related vision loss, finds international team
5 June 2024
Increasing the levels of a key protein in the cells at the back of the eye could help protect against the leading cause of vision loss among older adults, finds a new discovery made by researchers from the UK, US, Germany and Australia. The University of Bristol-led findings are published today [5 June] in Science Translational Medicine and featured on the front cover.
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Research into how human sperm swim in 3D
12 August 2020
Using state-of-the-art 3D microscopy and mathematics, Dr Hermes Gadêlha from the University of Bristol, Dr Gabriel Corkidi and Dr Alberto Darszon from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, worked to reconstruct the movement of the sperm tail in 3D with high-precision.
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Former Bristol Mayor and Cabot Institute join forces to help make all cities fairer, better, and more sustainable
5 June 2024
Cities play a pivotal role in overcoming the pressing challenges posed by climate change – and the University of Bristol is ramping up efforts to support them on a local, national, and international level.
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Crystal movement under Mount St Helens may have indicated 1980 eruption was likely
30 June 2016
A study of how crystals moved in magma under the Mount St Helens volcano before the 1980 eruption may have signalled that an eruption was probable. Scientists say that similar measurements may indicate the possibility of eruption in some other, well-studied volcanoes, but caution that this is not a technique which could be applied to every volcano.
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Bristol hosts Swiss-British Summit to drive innovation in healthcare and environmental sustainability
23 May 2024
The University of Bristol’s BioDesign Institute hosted the Synthetic & Engineering Biology British-Swiss Summit on 22 May 2024. The inaugural event was devoted to understanding the opportunities presented by engineering biology technologies to drive innovation in healthcare, forging collaborations between Switzerland and the UK with a focus on environmental sustainability.
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Bristol working with the Office for National Statistics to aid local UN Sustainable Development Goal data reporting across the UK
30 July 2020
Organisations are working together to help UK local authorities monitor progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Funding awarded to investigate testing of complex cyber-physical systems
29 June 2016
T&VS, a leader in the software test and hardware verification domains, will work with the University of Bristol to develop new engineering methods to test software that controls cyber-physical systems (CPS) thanks to funding from Innovate UK.
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Being overweight throughout life increases risk of heart disease and diabetes
6 May 2020
The association between childhood obesity and increased risk of coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes is due to individuals remaining overweight into adulthood, finds a new University of Bristol study. The research, published in The BMJ today [6 May], investigated how the genetic influence of being overweight in 453,169 individuals at different stages of life contributed towards their disease risk.
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