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  • New research shows risk of COVID-19 from aerosols to healthcare workers 30 March 2021 New research challenges the guidance that special aerosol precautions are only needed when using oxygen therapies for COVID-19 patients, and raises concerns about safety of staff and patients on hospital wards, if they are not protected from infectious aerosols.
  • UK's COVID-19 vaccination programme already reducing daily deaths 11 February 2021 A new modelling study shows that the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is already reducing daily deaths. However, reductions of hospital and intensive care (ICU) admissions will likely take several weeks longer, with large reductions seen by the end of March and continuing into April.
  • Embed Germ Defence behaviours at home to reduce virus spread now and in the future 26 February 2021 As COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out, a roadmap for unlocking Britain is announced, new research which looked at data from over 28,000 users of the website 'Germ Defence' since May 2020 highlights the continued, critical importance of breaking chains of virus transmission within our homes.
  • Younger Tyrannosaurus Rex bites were less ferocious than their adult counterparts 9 March 2021 By closely examining the jaw mechanics of juvenile and adult tyrannosaurids, some of the fiercest dinosaurs to inhabit earth, scientists led by the University of Bristol have uncovered differences in how they bit into their prey.
  • Virtual Futures: Where is Virtual Reality taking us? 20 March 2017 Virtual Reality – or VR - has long been the idea of science fiction but now it is happening and the impact on society is potentially huge. The University of Bristol and the Digital Cultures Research Centre at University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) are sponsoring a special track at this year’s VR World Congress [Tuesday 11 to Thursday 13 April] to encourage debate into what this may mean for everyone.
  • Opioid agonist treatment could substantially reduce drug related deaths if used more widely 25 February 2021 New evidence that opioid agonists such as methadone and buprenorphine could substantially reduce drug related deaths if more widely used in the community and prison, and for longer, has been published in Lancet Psychiatry today [25 February].
  • Critical acclaim for Bristol academic’s debut novel about power relations and arranged marriage 29 March 2021 Armed with insights from more than 10 years of academic field work exploring women’s issues in her birthplace Liberia, University of Bristol academic, Dr Peace Adzo Medie, turned her hand to writing fiction.
  • A new vision for adeno-associated virus delivered gene therapies 11 February 2021 An international collaboration of leading groups in gene therapy and vision science have developed an adeno-associated virus (AAV) genome-coupled immunomodulation strategy that helps cloak the AAV virus from unwanted immune responses and offers important insights into ocular inflammation. The research led by Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and including the University of Bristol is published in Science Translational Medicine.
  • University launches new specialist research institutes 20 March 2017 The University of Bristol has today (Monday, 20 March) launched seven new research institutes reflecting the University’s strength and depth in key specialisms.
  • Detecting the limit: insect hearing at the nanoscale 20 December 2004 Professor Daniel Robert leads the Bionanoscience Group, in the School of Biological Sciences. There they use insects as model systems to help understand the fundamentals of hearing.

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