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Research that reduced cot deaths across the world is recognised as one of UK's best breakthroughs 6 December 2018 A University of Bristol study which showed lives could be saved if babies were placed on their backs - and not their fronts-to sleep, has today been named as one of the UK鈥檚 100 best breakthroughs by Universities UK for its significant impact on people's lives.

Bristol Medical School researcher awarded prestigious Diabetes UK fellowship 14 December 2018 A Bristol Medical School researcher has been awarded a prestigious Diabetes UK fellowship to understand more about adult onset type 1 diabetes. It is estimated that more than 300,000 people in the UK are living with the disease which develops when the immune system makes a mistake and destroys the cells that make insulin.

Children from low-income families at educational disadvantage 23 December 2008 Children born into low-income families in UK and the US in the early years of the twenty-first century are at a disadvantage when they start school, according to new research by Elizabeth Washbrook and Jane Waldfogel from the University鈥檚 Centre for Market and Public Organisation.

Flying dinosaur controversy resolved 10 December 2009 New research appears to have ended a scientific debate that has vexed palaeontologists for almost 100 years.

Screening could catch a quarter of hip fractures before they happen 15 December 2017 Community screening for osteoporosis could prevent more than a quarter of hip fractures in older women 鈥� according to new research involving researchers from the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol and local hospitals, and led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

England鈥檚 Bayeux Tapestry at the centre of new heritage trail of Shropshire鈥檚 historic churches 14 December 2018 Following research on remarkable medieval wall paintings at a village church in Shropshire, described as England鈥檚 Bayeux Tapestry, a University of Bristol academic and her team have created a new heritage trail around the local area.

Bristol environmental scientists lead new research to improve quality of UK rivers 28 November 2022 Five new and much-needed research projects have been launched to investigate how pollution affects UK rivers.

Rise in births for couples on benefits 22 December 2008 Increased government support for families has coincided with a rise in births among women who left school at 16 compared to those who stayed in education after the age of 18, according to new research by Sarah Smith and colleagues in the University's Centre for Market and Public Organisation.

CMPO to research the economic impact of the 'third sector' 9 December 2009 A new research initiative on the economic impact of the 'third sector' (non-governmental voluntary and community groups, social enterprises, charities, cooperatives and mutuals), based in the Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) at the University, will be launched today.

Chemical tipping point of magma determines explosive potential of volcanoes 13 December 2017 Volcanic eruptions are the most spectacular expression of the processes acting in the interior of any active planet.