Research
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Trailblazing artist channels creative talents to raise awareness of potential answers to climate change
20 July 2021
An acclaimed Black artist is harnessing her lifelong passion for art to address some of the biggest challenges – and possible solutions – facing humanity and the environment, as the countdown to COP26 continues.
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Tropical fly study shows that a mother’s age and diet influences the health of her offspring
20 July 2021
The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get older, and when they feed on poor quality blood.
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Ancient DNA evidence finds no trace of early contact between Easter Islanders and South Americans
13 October 2017
Easter Island has long been a source of intrigue and mystery. How did such a small community of people build so many impressively large statues?
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Fluorescent crystal mystery solved
30 August 2017
A decades-old mystery of why a naturally-occurring organic crystal fluoresces blue under ultra-violet light, yet when grown under laboratory conditions fluoresces with an intense green colour, has been solved by scientists from the University of Bristol.
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New voting advice tool launched to provide insight into policy preferences
31 May 2017
A new, interactive website launched this week to help voters in the upcoming UK general election determine which party policies they most closely identify with. The online voting advice application, called WhoGetsMyVoteUK, is part of a collaborative project led by Oxford Brookes, involving researchers from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Bristol.
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Study uses robot to probe prehistoric sea creature's swimming style
30 August 2017
A new study has shed light on the swimming style of a prehistoric sea creature by creating a robot to mimic its movements.
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How have vaccines helped to protect the world and how can they continue to do so?
16 June 2021
The power of vaccines to help save lives and shape our world has never been more evident as countries around the world fight against COVID-19. The pandemic has also highlighted how vital it is for industry, academia and global populations to work together in the race for effective vaccines. The importance of vaccine research to global public health will be discussed later this week by a distinguished panel of experts at a live online event jointly organised by the University of Bristol and Pfizer.
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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.
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People want a better world after the COVID-19 pandemic but don’t believe it will really happen
29 November 2021
People strongly favour a fairer and more sustainable way of life in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite not thinking it will actually materialise or that others share the same progressive wishes, according to new research which sheds intriguing light on what people have missed most and want for the future.
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New Welsh animal project launched to combat antimicrobial resistance
6 October 2021
A Welsh project designed to help combat antimicrobial resistance in animals and the environment in Wales has been launched.
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