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Five ways to strike a happy, healthy, and safe balance as England team shoots for Euro 2020 glory amidst COVID-19 pandemic 9 July 2021 The countdown for England鈥檚 big game has begun and all hopes are set on victory at the Euro 2020 Final. If you鈥檙e looking for advice to make the most of the experience, win or lose, while also striking a balance and being kind to others, experts at the University of Bristol are on the ball with top tips to help you through the inevitable ups and downs on Sunday.

First large-scale ancient DNA study helps reconstruct African population structure 21 September 2017 Samples of ancient DNA recovered by University of Bristol scientists on two Indian Ocean islands have helped in the first large scale study of ancient human DNA from sub-Saharan Africa.

Highly hazardous pesticides: policies should focus on bans, rather than secure storage, studies suggest 11 August 2017 Global policies on access to highly hazardous pesticides 鈥� commonly ingested in acts of self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia 鈥� should focus on national bans, rather than safe storage, according to two studies involving University of Bristol academics in The Lancet and The Lancet Global Health journals.

'Bandit-masked' feathered dinosaur hid from predators using multiple types of camouflage 26 October 2017 Researchers from the University of Bristol have revealed how a small feathered dinosaur used its colour patterning, including a bandit mask-like stripe across its eyes, to avoid being detected by its predators and prey.

Festival presents unique opportunity to hear from world-leading researchers tackling today's global challenges 15 April 2021 Reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions, eliminating hunger and poverty, tackling misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, decolonisation, and overcoming the digital divide are among key topics set to take centre stage at the inaugural University of Bristol Festival of International Research and Partnerships, which starts next week.

Surprising discovery - how the African tsetse fly really drinks your blood 21 September 2017 Researchers at the University of Bristol have been taking a close-up look at the biting mouthparts of the African tsetse fly as part of ongoing work on the animal diseases it carries.

Archaeologists locate early Portuguese churches on Zanzibar Island 10 August 2017 A team of archaeologists from the University of Bristol and Zayed University (Abu Dhabi) have uncovered the foundations of two seventeenth century Portuguese churches on the East African island of Zanzibar.

Bristol researchers to explore Mars and its environment 26 October 2017 Three academics from the University of Bristol will explore Mars and the microgravity environment, thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency in the latest round of the Aurora Science Programme and the Human Spaceflight and Microgravity programme.

The biology of colour 9 August 2017 Colouration is a vitally important biological trait because it is involved in individual survival and with reproduction through camouflage, warning colouration, mate choice, social signalling, thwarting parasitism, as well as thermoregulation.

Covid-19: Risks of severe illness in children shown to be very low in largest study yet 9 July 2021 The risk of severe illness and death from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is extremely low in children and teenagers, according to the most comprehensive analyses of public health data, led by researchers at UCL, University of Bristol, University of York and the University of Liverpool.