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The origin of the chloroplast 14 August 2017 A new study, led by the University of Bristol, has shed new light on the origin, timing and habitat in which the chloroplast first evolved.

Scientists pinpoint genetic risk factors for asthma, hay fever and eczema 30 October 2017 A major international study has pinpointed more than 100 genetic risk factors that explain why some people suffer from asthma, hay fever and eczema.

Patients needed for Parkinson's disease trials 15 April 2021 This Parkinson's disease awareness week [10-16 April], researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol are looking to recruit more patients to take part in a number of studies they run in the field of Parkinson's disease.

Bristol academic elected Fellow of the British Academy 21 July 2017 Professor Tariq Modood, Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and founding Director of the University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, has achieved the rare distinction of being elected Fellow of the British Academy, the national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

The advent of 鈥済reen鈥� cattle 30 October 2017 Implications of livestock farming on climate change should not be drawn from aggregate statistics, reveals a study based on a new method of carbon footprinting for pasture-based cattle production systems that can assess the impacts of individual animals.

The critical point in breaking the glass problem 14 August 2017 Famously described as 'the deepest problem in solid state physics' by Nobel Laureate, Philip Andersen, the glass transition, by which a liquid transforms into a solid without freezing, is shedding its mystique.

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.

Centralised care needs to be improved to ensure children with cleft lip and palate have best outcomes 30 October 2017 Around 1,000 children are born with cleft lip and/or palate in the UK each year, with many children requiring long-term multi-disciplinary care. A University of Bristol study, which assessed whether the centralisation of cleft lip and palate care services improved child outcomes, 15 years after centralisation took place, is published. The study found centralisation has improved patient outcomes but highlights more work is needed in some areas.

The Internet brings people into big cities, new study suggests 15 April 2021 The widespread proliferation of the internet and information and communication technologies (ICT) has drawn people into urban centres, according to new research.

Sexual health clinics should ask about abuse 21 July 2017 Training clinicians to proactively ask patients about domestic violence is feasible for sexual health clinics to implement and could increase referrals to specialist services, according to a study by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the University of Bristol involving over 4,300 women.