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New design tool to enable global roaming smart phones 26 April 2017 Wireless communications is a technology that is used every day. Across society, there is a move away from using the internet on desktop computers and towards smartphones, tablets and laptops. Engineers at the University of Bristol have developed a novel radio frequency (RF) design tool that will speed up the design of tuneable wireless devices and will enable smartphones to roam internationally.

University of Bristol continues fight to eradicate deadly disease on World Tuberculosis Day 24 March 2021 Researchers at the University of Bristol are working on a number of different developments to finally end the TB epidemic.

Contact patterns changed in response to national COVID-19 guidance 9 February 2021 The number of daily contacts changed over the course of 2020, following the first lockdown, corresponding to alterations in the COVID-19 guidance, suggests a study among staff and students at the University of Bristol. The research led by scientists at the University of Bristol is published on the pre-print server medRxiv.org.

Snappy evolution was behind the success of ancient crocodiles 24 March 2021 New research led by the University of Bristol has revealed that crocodiles once flourished on land and in the oceans as a result of fast evolution.

Sex cells in parasites are doing their own thing 11 May 2021 Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce sex cells.

Bumps, blips and bulges: why do things localise? 20 December 2004 Localised events do not always require localised causes argues Professor Alan Champneys, Head of the Engineering Mathematics Department.

The risks and benefits of taking antidepressants 20 December 2004 David Gunnell, Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Social Medicine, is advising Britain's Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on a large study looking at the possible links between some types of antidepressant and suicide.

One in five will have vaccine resentment over summer holidays 30 April 2021 Nearly one in five people who haven鈥檛 had a Covid vaccine say they'll feel resentful towards those who have if they don鈥檛 get one in time for their summer holidays, while the proportion of the public who think vaccine passports will infringe civil liberties has increased since March and about half think they鈥檒l be sold on the black market, according to a new study.

One year on: South West researchers and businesses in the battle against COVID-19 23 March 2021 Over the past year, up and down the UK, thousands of research and innovation projects have been publicly funded to tackle the pandemic. Researchers at the universities of Bristol, Bath and Exeter, and businesses in the South West are playing a key role in how the UK is combatting COVID-19. Their work forms part of a 拢550 million COVID-19 rapid investment programme by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) - the largest public funder of research and development in the UK.

University of Bristol welcomes secure funding for EU students 25 April 2017 University of Bristol Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Hugh Brady, has welcomed the announcement that EU students applying to start courses at English universities in the 2018-19 academic year will remain eligible for financial support.