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Nearly 60% increase in UK households in serious financial difficulties, Bristol researchers find 11 July 2022 One in six UK households (4.4 million) are now in 鈥榮erious financial difficulties鈥�, compared to one in ten (2.8 million) in October 2021 鈥� an additional 1.6 million households, according to a survey analysed by academics 吃瓜网鈥檚 Personal Finance Research Centre.

Pioneering study shows climate played crucial role in changing location of ancient coral reefs 14 June 2022 Pre-historic coral reefs dating back up to 250 million years extended much further away from the Earth鈥檚 equator than today, new research has revealed.

To float or not to float? Mystery solved as to why algae balls float and sink 20 August 2018 Scientists from the University of Bristol have uncovered the age-old mystery of why marimo algae balls sink at night and float during the day.

Enzyme-powered protocells rise to the top 20 August 2018 Researchers at the University of Bristol have successfully assembled enzyme-powered artificial cells that can float or sink depending on their internal chemical activity. The work provides a new approach to designing complex life-like properties in non-living materials.

Novel host cell pathway hijacked during COVID-19 infection uncovered by Bristol researchers 14 June 2022 An international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has been investigating how the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, manipulates host proteins to penetrate into human cells. After identifying Neuropilin-1 (NRP1) as a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection, new findings published in the journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) today [14 June] describe how the coronavirus subverts a host cell pathway in order to infect human cells.

Inside the head of a dinosaur 19 December 2012 A new study of the brain anatomy of therizinosaurs, plant-eating dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous Period, has revealed interesting links with their notorious meat-eating 'cousins' Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor.

New insights into plants鈥� conquest of land 19 July 2018 The Earth is filled with diverse and remarkable plant forms from the tallest redwoods that pierce forest canopies, to the smallest mosses that blanket the ground underfoot.

How the common fruit fly is helping scientists to study alcohol-related disorders 19 December 2012 Scientists have shown how the common fruit fly Drosophila, which possess similar electrophysiological and pharmacological properties as humans, could now be used to screen and develop new therapies for alcohol-related behavioural disorders and some genetic diseases.

Sensitive dark matter detector comes to life 7 July 2022 The world鈥檚 largest and most sensitive dark matter experiment has come to life and is delivering results, moving a step closer to offering clues about one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe.

A timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth 20 August 2018 A new study led by scientists from the University of Bristol has used a combination of genomic and fossil data to explain the history of life on Earth, from its origin to the present day.