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EPSRC New Investigator Award 2020 for research on protocellular materials 11 March 2020 The Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Fellow at the School of Chemistry of the University of Bristol, has won an EPSRC New Investigator Award worth 拢392,000.

Helpful customization or furtive manipulation? How Germans see personalisation of online services 25 February 2020 Whether we are looking for a restaurant tip, researching health information, or scrolling through social media posts, algorithms use the personal data they gather on us to determine what we are shown online. But how aware are people of the impact algorithms have on their digital environments? A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the University of Bristol has conducted a survey of 1,065 people in Germany to address these questions.

UK-led team paves the way for a cyber-secure future 9 January 2020 With more of the world鈥檚 businesses, governments and general population turning to online services, there has never been a more pressing need to understand and tackle the risk of cyber threats. That need is heightened by the historic lack of an authoritative, universally-agreed body of rigorously tested knowledge, prompting a global team of leading researchers to pool their expertise in a new, open source resource.

Bristol and Lund set a new world record in 5G wireless spectrum efficiency 23 March 2016 New research by engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Lund, working alongside National Instruments (NI), has demonstrated how a massive antenna system can offer a 12-fold increase in spectrum efficiency compared with current 4G cellular technology.

Scientists discover new non-sticky gels 3 February 2020 Scientists from the University of Bristol and Universit茅 Paris-Saclay have discovered a new class of material 鈥� non-sticky gels.

Exploring the environmental impact of conflict 14 November 2017 A multi-disciplinary team of academics, led by the University of Bristol, is investigating the long-term environmental and social impact of conflict in dryland environments.

Bristol scientists to study potential new way of treating diabetes 29 February 2016 Scientists at the University of Bristol are to investigate a potential new way of treating diabetes, following funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

First patient for Parkinson鈥檚 disease trial recruited 9 January 2020 The first patient has been recruited for a UK-wide trial into tackling one of the most disabling complications of Parkinson's disease, led by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol.

Research shows how glacier algae creates dark zone at the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet 24 February 2020 New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol has revealed new insights into how the microscopic algae that thrives along the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet causes widespread darkening.

Are non-smoking young adults who use e-cigarettes more likely to smoke in the future? 11 March 2020 Young people who have tried e-cigarettes but have never smoked before are nearly five times more likely to go on to try smoking, a new study has found. However, the findings do not provide clear support for the claim that e-cigarettes cause young people to start smoking (the so-called possible "gateway effect").