International
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Poor labour market performance amongst Muslims in Britain is not due to cultural habits, study finds
19 July 2022
New research has discovered that Muslims鈥� so-called 'sociocultural attitudes' cannot explain their poor labour market outcomes in the British labour market.
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Balancing the womb
20 December 2011
New research by academics at the University of Bristol hopes to explain premature births and failed inductions of labour.
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A familiar racket helps fish find a suitable home
10 January 2011
Noisy neighbours can be desirable 鈥� at least if you鈥檙e a young reef fish trying to choose a home. New research from the Universities of Auckland and Bristol found that juvenile fish listen to the sounds made by local residents 鈥� such as other fish, shrimps and lobsters 鈥� before heading for the reef that suits them best.
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Pictures from an eruption
7 December 2010
Scientists from Bristol were among a group visiting the Afar Rift in Ethiopia in November when a volcano in the region began erupting 鈥� the first time that scientists have witnessed such an occurrence there.
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Climate activist and 鈥榩logging鈥� champion wins award from Prime Minister
18 July 2022
An Indian environmentalist helping to clean up Bristol streets has been given a special award by the Prime Minister.
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Bristol scientists shed light on blood flow problems in dementia
6 December 2010
Researchers at the University of Bristol's Dementia Research Group in the School of Clinical Sciences have uncovered some of the processes responsible for the blood flow problems connected with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
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When should procrastinators do their Christmas shopping?
22 December 2010
Researchers at the University of Bristol, State University of New York and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki have devised a 鈥榮cheduling algorithm鈥� for procrastinators that will help order the jobs they need to do, while making sure that no job is unreasonably late.
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What are the prospects for sustaining high-quality groundwater?
19 December 2011
New research led by the University of Bristol鈥檚 Department of Civil Engineering has looked at nitrate transport from agricultural land to water in the Thames basin.
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Students urge 鈥榝airer play鈥� in new climate change report
6 December 2010
UNfairplay 鈥� a project run by a group of young people including Bristol students to address inequalities in negotiating resources between nations in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 鈥� has released a report on some of these inequalities.
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Incarceration is likely to increase HIV and HCV transmission among people who inject drugs, new study finds
29 October 2018
Injecting drug use, through the sharing of needles, syringes and other injecting equipment, is a primary route of transmission for both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), blood-borne infections that cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. New research led by the University of Bristol has found among people who inject drugs, that recent incarceration was associated with an 81 per cent and 62 per cent increase in HIV and HCV acquisition risk, respectively.
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