International
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Bristol experts help advance global push to preserve world鈥檚 flora and fauna
21 October 2024
University of Bristol researchers are joining international experts for a key United Nations summit to focus on tackling biodiversity loss together and how this can also help combat climate change.
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Top experts unite at University of Bristol to tackle gambling harms globally
8 October 2024
Leading experts from across the world will join forces in the UK this week in a bid to confront the wide-reaching challenges and curb the devastating effects of gambling.
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New research reveals how El Nino caused the greatest ever mass extinction
12 September 2024
Mega ocean warming El Ni帽o events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research.
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Pioneering report exposes worsening health threats of climate change in UK
5 September 2024
A new report has revealed for the first time the wide-ranging and increasing health dangers posed by long-term weather extremes in the UK, as the effects of climate change deepen.
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Top expert calls for more research to address growing health risks of climate change
21 January 2025
A globally-renowned climate scientist has highlighted the need to better recognise and understand the many different adverse health effects posed by worsening climate change for current and future generations.
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Chilean Ambassador visits the University of Bristol
16 December 2014
His Excellency Mr Rolando Drago Rodriguez, Ambassador of the Republic of Chile to the UK, visited Bristol last week.
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Depression during pregnancy rises in a generation
17 July 2018
Anxiety and depressive symptoms during pregnancy have risen by 51 per cent within a generation according to findings from a major study by the University of Bristol published last week [Friday 13 July].
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Infectivity of airborne SARS-CoV-2 could decrease by 90% within 20 minutes of exhalation, new laboratory study finds
28 June 2022
The SARS-CoV-2 virus can lose 90% of infectivity when in aerosol particles within 20 minutes, according to new University of Bristol findings. The study, published in the journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is the first to investigate the decrease in infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol particles over periods from seconds to a few minutes. The aim of the study was to explore the process that could change viral infectivity over short timescales following exhalation.
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Gosport may have a negative impact on end-of-life care in general practice
17 July 2018
Researchers from the University of Bristol have highlighted the potentially negative impact the deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital may have on end-of-life care delivered at home.
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Study hopes to understand the impact of exposure to COVID-19 infection early in life on a child鈥檚 brain development
27 June 2022
More than 650,000 babies are born every year [i] in the UK, and during the pandemic some of them will have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes COVID-19. A national study, funded by the charity Action Medical Research, will investigate the long-term impact of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the womb or shortly after birth.
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