International
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Quantum computing is coming 鈥� are you prepared for it?
20 January 2016
Quantum computing will change lives, society and the economy and a working system is expected to be developed by 2020 according to a leading figure in the world of quantum computing, who will talk tomorrow [21 January 2016] at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
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New 拢10m centre set to drive digital futures towards fair and sustainable ways of life
30 November 2021
Digital technologies are transforming everyday life and bold claims are being made about how intelligent robots, autonomous vehicles and the 鈥榤etaverse鈥� will define the future.
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People want a better world after the COVID-19 pandemic but don鈥檛 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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Spot the difference: can AI generate plausible Christmas BMJ titles?
15 December 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology can generate plausible, entertaining, and scientifically interesting titles for potential research articles, a University of Bristol-led study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ has found.
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Ballast Seed Garden artist wins Vera List Centre Prize for Art & Politics
12 December 2016
A Bristol art project about migration has won the 2016-2018 Vera List Centre Prize for Art and Politics. Presented every two years to an artist, or group of artists, whose work furthers social justice, this year the winner is Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves, who created Bristol鈥檚 Floating Ballast Seed Garden, in collaboration with the University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Bristol City Council and Arnolfini.
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It鈥檚 a 3D printer, but not as we know it
18 January 2016
3D printing techniques have quickly become some of the most widely used tools to rapidly design and build new components. A team of engineers at the University of Bristol has developed a new type of 3D printing that can print composite materials, which are used in many high performance products such as tennis rackets, golf clubs and aeroplanes. This technology will soon enable a much greater range of things to be 3D printed at home and at low-cost.
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Delivering the internet of the future - at the speed of light and open sourced
26 January 2016
New research has found, for the first time, a scientific solution that enables future internet infrastructure to become completely open and programmable while carrying internet traffic at the speed of light.
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Gene loss more important in animal kingdom evolution than previously thought
24 February 2020
Scientists have shown that some key points of animal evolution 鈥� like the ones leading to humans or insects 鈥� were associated with a large loss of genes in the genome. The study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution [today 24 February], compared over 100 genomes to investigate what happened at the gene level during the evolution of animals after their origin.
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GP online consultations: not the panacea policy makers are hoping for
23 November 2017
Online GP consultation systems may not be the silver bullet for reducing GP workload and patient waiting times that government policymakers are hoping for, NIHR-funded research from the University of Bristol has found. These systems offer the potential to revolutionise use of primary care, but only with careful implementation and effective marketing, the researchers concluded.
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Development of new blood test for GPs could help diagnose brain tumours earlier
24 February 2020
A new simple blood test for brain tumours that could be used by GPs in primary care will be developed thanks to funding of nearly 拢500,000 by Cancer Research UK. Around 60,000 patients in the UK are living with a brain tumour but only 20 per cent of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis, partly because they present late with large inoperable tumours.
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