Research
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Cognitive behavioural therapy is effective in reducing depression in people whose symptoms have not responded to treatment with antidepressants
7 December 2012
Antidepressants are the most widely used treatment for people with moderate to severe depression. However, up to two thirds of people with depression don’t respond fully to this type of treatment. New findings, published in The Lancet, have shown cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)*, provided in addition to usual care, can reduce symptoms of depression and help improve patients’ quality of life.
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Bristol set to supercharge growth of next generation zero carbon emission technology
27 April 2022
Power transformers currently the size of shipping containers delivering energy to homes and businesses across the UK could be shrunk to the size of a suitcase, thanks to a pioneering process which deploys a new supercharged material with unprecedented levels of efficiency.
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CRUK awards Bristol researcher £1.4 million to investigate cancer growth containment
5 July 2018
University of Bristol researcher, Professor Eugenia Piddini from the School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, has been awarded a Programme Foundation Award worth £1.4 million by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to lead research into how the natural properties of normal non-cancer cells can be harnessed to contain cancer growth.
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Scientists set sail for Greenland’s fjords to unravel mysteries of nutrient cycling
29 June 2018
A University of Bristol geochemist is to lead an international team of researchers to Greenland’s fjords to find out how glacial meltwaters and coastal sediments are affecting nutrient cycling in the oceans.
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€8 million ERC grants awarded for diverse range of research projects
26 April 2022
Three researchers from the University of Bristol have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants totalling around €8 million. This places the University third in the UK in terms of the number of Advanced Grants awarded from the 2021 call.
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Launch of UK facility to encourage robotic innovation within industry
26 November 2014
A new initiative to encourage and support the take up of robotics technology within industry across Europe is being launched at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) today, Wednesday 26 November.
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Concerns raised over inclusion plans for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers
26 November 2014
The UK government is failing in its inclusion plans for Roma, Gypsy and Traveller communities, according to a new report by researchers from the University of Bristol which will be launched in the European Parliament on Tuesday [2 December].
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New research shows humans possess surprising nutritional intelligence
25 April 2022
Pioneering research has shed new light on what drives people’s basic food preferences, indicating our choices may be smarter than previously thought and influenced by the specific nutrients, as opposed to just calories, we need.
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Results of the largest ever multimorbidity trial in primary care challenge current thinking
28 June 2018
In the largest ever trial of an intervention to treat people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) in primary care, researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Manchester, Dundee and Glasgow found that the patient-centred approach taken improved patients’ experience of their care but did not improve their health-related quality of life. This is a challenge to current thinking on which UK and international guidelines are based.
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New Festival to support survivors of childhood sexual abuse
16 May 2022
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) affects half a million children and young people every year. In Bristol alone, it is estimated that 13,000 children and young people are currently living with experiences of sexual abuse. In the first event of its kind, University of Bristol researchers and The Green House, Bristol’s only specialist provider of therapeutic support, are collaborating to stage a Festival to support survivors. The Beyond Therapy Festival of Activism Against Child Sexual Abuse will be held on Thursday 19 May at the Watershed.
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