International
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Enterprise Fellowships to kick-start the quantum technology industry
21 July 2016
The University of Bristol's Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre (QTEC) is looking to recruit its first cohort of Enterprise Fellows that will be the next generation of quantum technology entrepreneurs.
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Crystal movement under Mount St Helens may have indicated 1980 eruption was likely
30 June 2016
A study of how crystals moved in magma under the Mount St Helens volcano before the 1980 eruption may have signalled that an eruption was probable. Scientists say that similar measurements may indicate the possibility of eruption in some other, well-studied volcanoes, but caution that this is not a technique which could be applied to every volcano.
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Eavesdropping crickets drop from the sky to evade capture from bats
18 May 2020
Researchers have uncovered the highly efficient strategy used by a group of crickets to distinguish the calls of predatory bats from the incessant noises of the nocturnal jungle. The findings, led by scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Graz in Austria and published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, reveal the crickets eavesdrop on the vocalisations of bats to help them escape their grasp when hunted.
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Bristol part of largest global study on impact of COVID-19 across 129 countries
26 June 2020
The COH-FIT project is currently the largest survey worldwide on the health impact of COVID-19 and is endorsed by the World Psychiatric Association. The study aims to identify risk and protective factors for physical and mental health problems and to guide strategies for remedying these problems. The COH-FIT project involves 200 researchers from 35 countries, including Bristol, aims to help scientists understand how different countries have been affected by the pandemic.
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Honorary degrees awarded at the University of Bristol 鈥� Thursday 21 July
21 July 2016
The University of Bristol is awarding honorary degrees to Dr Wendy Ewart MBE, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Primarolo DBE and Professor Tim Palmer at degree ceremonies taking place today [21 July] in the Wills Memorial Building.
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A female Prime Minister is not enough: Britain needs a representative Parliament too
20 July 2016
While Britain welcomes its second female Prime Minister, a new report by a University of Bristol academic has found Westminster remains disproportionately white, male, and elite.
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Shelling out for dinner: dolphins learn foraging skills from peers
26 June 2020
A new study demonstrates for the first time that dolphins can learn foraging techniques outside the mother-calf bond 鈥� showing that they have a similar cultural nature to great apes. The findings, led by an international research team including academics at the University of Bristol, are published in Current Biology.
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Funding awarded to investigate testing of complex cyber-physical systems
29 June 2016
T&VS, a leader in the software test and hardware verification domains, will work with the University of Bristol to develop new engineering methods to test software that controls cyber-physical systems (CPS) thanks to funding from Innovate UK.
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Researchers make first steps toward a cure for HIV
9 July 2020
Researchers have developed a way to pull HIV out of the latent reservoir making the virus visible to the immune system and providing the potential to be killed by treatment.
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Report reveals young people felt less anxious and more connected to school in lockdown
24 August 2020
Younger teenagers in the South West of England felt less anxious and more connected to school when they were away from it during the COVID-19 global pandemic public lockdown, a first-of-its-kind study has found.
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