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Study investigating effectiveness of The Lightning Process庐 programme to treat children with mild or moderate CFS or ME finds symptoms improve 21 September 2017 The first trial to investigate The Lightning Process庐 (LP) is published today [Thursday 21 September] in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. In this trial, the effectiveness of LP in addition to specialist medical care was compared to specialist medical care alone in children with mild or moderate chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)).

Workplace menopause study finds 鈥榳omen feel they need to cope alone鈥� 9 August 2017 A call for more menopause-friendly workplaces is made in a new Government report prepared by a team from the Universities of Bristol and Leicester.

BBC and UK universities launch major partnership to unlock potential of data 19 October 2017 BBC Research and Development has announced a five-year research partnership with eight UK Universities including Bristol to unlock the potential of data in the media. The Data Science Research Partnership will be at the forefront of machine learning in the media industry, helping create a more personal BBC that can inform, educate and entertain in new ways.

Superconductivity in cuprates: 鈥榝rom maximal to minimal dissipation鈥� - a new model? 28 July 2021 Researchers from the University of Bristol鈥檚 School of Physics used some of Europe鈥檚 strongest continuous magnetic fields to uncover evidence of exotic charge carriers in the metallic state of copper-oxide high-temperature superconductors.

Lift off! Bristol researchers鈥� work heads to International Space Station 6 July 2021 Materials developed by University of Bristol scientists and engineers will be blasted 250 miles from the Earth鈥檚 surface and affixed to the International Space Station (ISS).

Fathers with learning disabilities 'left out of support', study finds 19 October 2017 Fathers with learning disabilities are often let down by statutory services, which neglect to support them around parenting or focus only on mothers, a study has found.

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.

Think Big: University welcomes future leaders to inaugural International Scholars Reception 18 October 2017 Over 100 scholars, representing 36 countries, attended the University of Bristol鈥檚 inaugural International Scholars Reception at the Wills Memorial Building this month.

48-million-year-old wax discovered in a bird fossil 18 October 2017 Researchers have analysed a well-preserved preening gland in a 48-million-year-old bird fossil and discovered original oil and wax molecules within it.

Newly-hatched pterosaurs may have been able to fly 22 July 2021 Newly-hatched pterosaurs may have been able to fly but their flying abilities may have been different from adult pterosaurs, according to a new study.