Research
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Robots should be repurposed rather than recycled to combat rising scale of e-waste, scientists warn
16 January 2025
The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, University of Bristol and University of West England researchers have advised.
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XMM-Newton uses light echoes to map dynamic black hole
20 January 2020
Material falling into a black hole throws X-rays out into space – and now, for the first time, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has used the reverberating echoes of this light to map the dynamic behaviour and surroundings of a black hole itself.
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Scientific breakthrough reveals unprecedented alternative to battery power storage
6 December 2016
Ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey and Augmented Optics Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has developed potentially transformational technology which could revolutionise the capabilities of appliances that have previously relied on battery power to work.
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Academics celebrate 10 years of the Dwarf Mongoose Research Project
13 December 2021
A University of Bristol project set up to monitor wild groups of dwarf mongooses in South Africa has marked its ten-year milestone.
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Celtic ‘Girl Power’ in Iron Age Britain
16 January 2025
Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age British Celtic communities, research in this week’s Nature suggests. The analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals evidence for matrilocal Celtic societies, in which married women stayed in their ancestral communities.
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How drugs can help your brain encode memories
13 January 2016
Medical researchers at the University of Bristol have uncovered a fundamental mechanism that explains the interaction between brain state and the neural triggers responsible for learning.
The discoveries, made by researchers in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co., could lead to new ways of boosting cognitive function to counteract the effects of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, as well as enhancing memory in healthy people.
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How to stay physically active during coronavirus restrictions
27 March 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic leading to people across the nation being confined to their homes, experts at the University of Bristol have created some guidance to keep people active.
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Aerobic exercise: a powerful ally in the fight against Alzheimer’s
16 January 2025
Regular aerobic exercise could significantly reduce disease markers associated with Alzheimer’s, new research led by scientists at the University of Bristol (UK) and the Federal University of São Paulo (Brazil) has found. The findings provide new hope in the battle against this devastating disorder.
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Nuclear waste could be recycled for diamond battery power
20 January 2020
A team of physicists and chemists from the University of Bristol hope to recycle radioactive material directly from a former nuclear power plant in Gloucestershire to generate ultra-long-lasting power sources.
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Genome studies can help identify lifestyle risks for diseases
12 February 2016
A type of study commonly used to pinpoint genetic variants associated with diseases can also be used to identify the lifestyle predictors that increase the risk of a disease – something that is often overlooked in genetic studies
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