Research
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Multi-dimensional approach to tackling poverty takes off worldwide
19 December 2016
Countries as far afield as the Solomon Islands, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa and Uganda are turning to research carried out by Bristol experts to change how they define and tackle poverty.
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PHD student wins British Pharmacological Society poster prize
29 January 2016
Gerda Gasiunaite, a PhD student in the University of Bristol’s School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience (Faculty of Biomedical Sciences), has been awarded a British Pharmacological Society (BPS) Poster Prize.
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Bristol welcomes new postgraduate research students
15 November 2017
Bristol’s postgraduate research community welcomed over 400 postgraduate research students at an inauguration event on 9 November, hosted by the Bristol Doctoral College.
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Electrifying news...nano-modified aerospace composites
19 December 2016
New technology that could enhance both the electrical and thermal conductivity of conventional composite materials has been developed thanks to a collaboration between the Universities of Surrey and Bristol together with aerospace company Bombardier.
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Bristol to benefit from new ‘SafePod’ enabling scientists to access secure data on site
23 August 2021
Bristol is one of the first universities to benefit from a ‘SafePod’ as part of a new national network of ‘secure data access’ pods set to launch this week. The small, prefabricated pods will enable scientists to access data for research purposes on site avoiding the need for them to travel to the handful of existing safe setting locations.
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Santa Maria - the incredible rising island
19 December 2016
It has been a well-established fact that, as they get older, ocean islands slowly sink.
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ACCIS CDT triumphs for third consecutive year in best student paper awards
28 January 2016
Eric Eckstein, a PhD student in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science (ACCIS CDT), has won the prestigious Jefferson Goblet award for overall best student paper at the 57th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference. Held this year in San Diego, USA, in conjunction with the SciTech Forum and Exposition, this event is the largest aerospace gathering in the world.
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Primary care is key to optimising value in healthcare
14 November 2017
Balancing improvements in health against the cost of such improvements in primary care is vital to achieve a cost-effective and efficient healthcare system, finds a new report by University of Bristol researchers and published in the BMJ.
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Exploring the environmental impact of conflict
14 November 2017
A multi-disciplinary team of academics, led by the University of Bristol, is investigating the long-term environmental and social impact of conflict in dryland environments.
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Study offers new insights into when modern mammals evolved
22 December 2021
A new study has provided the most detailed timeline of mammal evolution to date.
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