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Staying on long-term antidepressants reduces risk of relapse 29 September 2021 When people stop taking antidepressants after a long period of use, just over half (56 per cent) experience a relapse within a year, compared to 39 per cent of those who stay on medication, finds a new study led by UCL and involving researchers from the universities of Bristol, Southampton, York and McMaster University in Canada.
Photonic chip is key to nurturing quantum computers 29 September 2021 A team of researchers from Bristol鈥檚 Quantum Engineering and Technology Labs (QETLabs) has shown how to protect qubits from errors using photons in a silicon chip.
Highlighting the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines could hold key to converting doubters 13 July 2021 Informing people about how well the new COVID-19 vaccines work could boost uptake among doubters substantially, according to new research.
Bristol to lead national PhD training programme to tackle antimicrobial resistance 28 September 2017 In response to the urgent and global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Medical Research Foundation (MRF), the charitable foundation of the Medical Research Council, has invested 拢2.85M in delivering the UK鈥檚 first nationwide PhD training programme to focus on this major health challenge.
Largest trial of antibiotic amoxicillin for treating chest infections in children finds little effect 28 September 2021 The largest randomised placebo-controlled trial of the antibiotic amoxicillin for treating chest infections in children - one of the most common acute illnesses treated in primary care in developed countries, has found it is little more effective at relieving symptoms than the use of no medication. The study, published in The Lancet and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), was led by researchers from the University of Southampton and supported by centres at the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Cardiff.
The rat鈥檚 whiskers: multidisciplinary research reveals how we sense texture 13 July 2021 Two very different teams of scientists have worked together to reveal important insights into how we sense texture by looking at the whiskers of a rat.
Scientists pinpoint genetic risk factors for asthma, hay fever and eczema 30 October 2017 A major international study has pinpointed more than 100 genetic risk factors that explain why some people suffer from asthma, hay fever and eczema.
Pioneering research reveals powerful lure of gambling adverts on social media to children 26 October 2021 A new report has exposed how children and young people are vulnerable to the growing popularity of gambling adverts on social media, prompting calls from leading experts for much tighter regulations.
The advent of 鈥済reen鈥� cattle 30 October 2017 Implications of livestock farming on climate change should not be drawn from aggregate statistics, reveals a study based on a new method of carbon footprinting for pasture-based cattle production systems that can assess the impacts of individual animals.
Interventions for reducing hepatitis C infection in people who inject drugs 26 September 2017 The first global review to quantify the impact of needle syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid substitution treatment (OST) in reducing the risk of becoming infected with the hepatitis C virus is published in Cochrane Library Drug and Alcohol Review Group and the journal Addiction. The study, has implications for millions of people who are 'at risk' from infection.

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