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First-of-its-kind study compares how bat and human cells respond to viruses 24 November 2014 Why are viruses such as Ebola so dangerous to humans yet do not appear to harm the bats which transmit them? A team of scientists from the University of Bristol, UK and CSIRO鈥檚 Australian Animal Health Laboratories (AAHL) have used cutting edge techniques to comprehensively compare the response of bat and human cells to a highly dangerous bat virus.

Ever-increasing CO2 levels could take us back to the tropical climate of Paleogene period 30 July 2018 A new study led by scientists at the University of Bristol has warned that unless we mitigate current levels of carbon dioxide emissions, Western Europe and New Zealand could revert to the hot tropical climate of the early Paleogene period 鈥� 56-48 million years ago.

Should the role of afforestation in climate change mitigation policy be re-evaluated? 20 November 2014 Afforestation (planting trees) to mitigate climate change could cause warming rather than cooling globally due to non-carbon effects of land use change, according to new research from the University of Bristol.

Chief Medical Officer visits Bristol to meet health researchers and open a new research collaboration 20 November 2014 The Chief Medical Officer for England will be visiting Bristol on Wednesday [26 November] to meet researchers who are helping to combat key public health issues.

Touchy subject: 3D printed fingertip 鈥榝eels鈥� like human skin 6 April 2022 A highly sensitive, 3D-printed fingertip could help robots become more dexterous and improve the performance of prosthetic hands by giving them an in-built sense of touch.

Carbon 鈥榣eak鈥� may have warmed the planet for 11,000 years, encouraging human civilisation 30 July 2018 The oceans are the planet鈥檚 most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide on time scales of decades to millennia.

Clever bees can identify different flowers by patterns of scent 13 June 2018 New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol and Queen Mary University of London has revealed that bumblebees can tell flowers apart by patterns of scent.

Bringing Africa to Bristol 19 November 2014 This week, Bristol will play host to one of the largest annual gatherings of experts in African archaeology.

Conformity trumps riskiness in social fish 13 June 2018 Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that more sociable fish suppress their own personality when they are with a partner.

New research solves a 160 year old mystery about the origin of the vertebrate skeleton 30 July 2018 Scientists at the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol have used powerful X-rays to peer inside the skeletons of some of our oldest vertebrate relatives, solving a 160-year-old mystery about the origin of our skeletons.