International
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Pioneering research shows sea life will struggle to survive future global warming
13 November 2024
A new study highlights how some marine life could face extinction over the next century, if human-induced global warming worsens.
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Needle and syringe programmes are highly cost-effective at preventing hepatitis C transmission
24 January 2019
Providing clean injecting equipment through needle and syringe programmes is a highly cost-effective way of preventing hepatitis C (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs and could save millions of pounds in infection treatment costs in the UK, according to research led by the University of Bristol and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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Great Britain lags behind Europe on restricting gambling marketing, new research shows
11 November 2024
A new study, by the University of Bristol and Ipsos, adds to mounting evidence showing gambling marketing needs much stricter national regulation.
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Giant lizards learnt to fly over millions of years
28 October 2020
Pterodactyls and related winged reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs steadily improved their ability to fly, becoming the deadly masters of the sky, over the course of millions of years.
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Preschoolers’ eating, activity and sleep behaviours were impacted during first COVID-19 lockdown, study suggests
10 December 2020
Preschool children’s eating, activity, and sleep routines were disrupted during the spring COVID-19 lockdown, which may be detrimental to child health and development a study suggests. Parents of children (aged three- to five-year-old) due to start school in September 2020 shared their children’s experiences of the spring lockdown with academics from the Universities of Bristol, Birmingham and Glasgow.
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Researchers warn online GP consultations need careful implementation
22 January 2019
The new NHS 10-year plan launched earlier this month [7 January] states all patients in England will have access to a "digital first primary care offer", such as GP online consultations, by 2022/23. Online consultations have the potential to improve patient access and reduce face-to-face contacts, freeing up GP time. But research led by NIHR CLAHRC West and the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol found that unless these systems are carefully implemented, they won’t yield the benefits policymakers are hoping for.
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Research reveals why the zebra got its stripes
20 February 2019
Why do zebras have stripes? A study published in PLOS ONE today [Wednesday 20 February] takes us another step closer to answering this puzzling question and to understanding how stripes actually work.
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Testing memory over four weeks could predict Alzheimer's disease risk
10 December 2020
New research suggests testing people's memory over four weeks could identify who is at higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease before it has developed. Importantly, the trial found testing people's ability to retain memories for longer time periods could predict this more accurately than classic memory tests, which test memory over half an hour.
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Futuristic house for Martians brought to life by Bristol scientists, artists and architects 28 October 2020 Experiencing life on Mars could be more than just a fantastical notion, thanks to a new collaboration that has seen artists come together with scientists, architects and engineers to create a full-scale house for the future, in Bristol.
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Bristol and Women’s Aid develop best practice framework for domestic violence research
10 December 2020
A new framework has been developed by Women’s Aid in partnership with academic colleagues - including the University of Bristol - to promote best practice in research into domestic violence and abuse (DVA).
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