Research
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Analysis of child deaths in England shows importance of care for premature and young babies
10 June 2021
Actions to reduce the number of babies born before 37 weeks’ gestation and improve their outcomes are among the recommendations made by the University of Bristol National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) team, who carried out national analysis of child deaths in England. This is one of the findings, published today [10 June] in NCMD’s second annual report, which aims to learn lessons from all child deaths in order to reduce the number of children who die in the future.
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New report examines why people with learning disabilities continue to die prematurely
10 June 2021
People with learning disabilities continue to die prematurely – and although there are some early signs of improvements, there are still considerable differences compared to the general population, according to a new report published today.
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£2 million award will advance understanding of mechanisms of learning and memory
22 June 2017
Neuroscientists at the University of Bristol have been awarded a prestigious £2 million Wellcome Trust Investigator Award for a five-year study to investigate the neuronal circuits that drive our recognition memory.
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Experts highlight advanced satellite data as vital tool in tackling climate change as countdown to COP26 continues
14 May 2021
Earth observation satellites provide the most comprehensive real-time check on the health of the planet and are playing a crucial role in the fight against global heating now and increasingly in future, according to leading climate scientists.
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Antarctic ice sheet retreat could trigger chain reaction
13 May 2021
The Antarctic ice sheet was even more unstable in the past than previously thought, and at times possibly came close to collapse, new research suggests.
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Benefits of dikes outweigh costs - effective measures for reducing future flooding
31 July 2017
In the first study of its kind, an international team of scientists – including the University of Bristol – has concluded, on a global scale, that the economic and long-term benefits of building dikes to reduce flood damage far outweigh their initial cost.
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Blades Research Hub to support development of next generation turbine blades
21 June 2017
A £2.3 million research partnership between the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and the University of Bristol could help unlock larger and more powerful wind turbines than ever before.
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Over a fifth of all child deaths in England could be avoided by reducing deprivation, new report finds
13 May 2021
Around 700 child deaths that occur in England each year might be avoided by reducing deprivation, finds a new NHS England-funded report published today [13 May]. The University of Bristol National Child Mortality Database (NCMD)-led analysis identified a clear association between the risk of death and level of deprivation for children in England, for all categories of death except cancer.
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Recreating a lost world
18 November 2003
The cataloguing of 57,000 files from the Chinese Maritime Customs Service sounds a dry business, but Dr Robert Bickers in the Department of Historical Studies believes they will transform our understanding of Chinese history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Many of us could carry extra fat due to a change in a single gene
27 May 2021
New research has found that one in every 340 people might carry a mutation in a single gene that makes them more likely to have a greater weight from early childhood and, by 18 years of age, they could be up to 30 pounds heavier with the excess weight likely to be mostly fat.
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