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Scientists reveal how plants become good neighbours in times of stress 30 June 2021 Scientists from the University of Bristol and the John Innes Centre have discovered how plants manage to live alongside each other in places that are dark and shady.

Edinburgh show highlights stress among GPs 14 August 2017 PreScribed (a life written for me) opens in Edinburgh this week and explores the alarming statistic that one in five practising GPs suffer from chronic stress and anxiety.

Research powerhouses join forces to maximise global potential of 6G next generation mobile technology 4 August 2021 A pioneering centre is being launched to take mobile technology to the next level and put the UK at the global forefront of 6G research, innovation, and education.

No evidence of a significant increase in risk of suicide in first months of the pandemic, but continued monitoring needed 13 April 2021 A new observational study is the first to examine suicides occurring during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in multiple countries and finds that suicide numbers largely remained unchanged or declined in the pandemic's early months. The study, led by an international team including University of Bristol researchers, is published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.

Interrogating proteins 22 May 2017 Scientists from the University of Bristol have designed a new protein structure, and are using it to understand how protein structures are stabilised.

Animal welfare and research 3Rs symposium 22 May 2017 The University of Bristol held its first Animal Welfare and Research 3Rs symposium last month [Thursday 27 April]. During the symposium, scientists had the opportunity to find out about current research and share best practice of the 鈥�3Rs鈥�: Replace, Reduce and Refine.

Newly launched British biotech company pioneers ground-breaking potential treatments for COVID-19 13 April 2021 A team of top scientists from the University of Bristol have announced the formation of a new biotech company that is developing ground-breaking and newly patented potential treatments for coronavirus.

Queen鈥檚 birthday honour for Bristol professors 17 June 2017 Professor Debbie Lawlor and Professor Richard Taylor at the University of Bristol have both received awards in the Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours which recognises the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people across the UK.

Unusual fossil reveals last meal of prehistoric pollinator 12 April 2021 An amber fossil of a Cretaceous beetle has shed some light on the diet of one of the earliest pollinators of flowering plants.

Epigenetics could help diagnose different types of cleft 14 June 2017 Cleft lip and/or palate are common birth defects and affect around 15 in every 10,000 births in Europe. New research by the University of Bristol from the largest study of cleft lip and/or palate in the world, the Cleft Collective, has found epigenetics could help diagnose different types of cleft.