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Pioneering study reveals teaching techniques which boost exam performance
24 May 2022
With the exam season in full swing, teenagers taking their GCSEs are hoping their teachers covered everything so they can achieve top marks. The methods teachers use in the classroom could also hold the key to improving pupils鈥� grades, according to a pioneering report published today.
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Call for world to unite to predict rainfall futures and tackle climate change more effectively
16 June 2022
Leading global climate scientists claim our ability to deal with climate change lies in jeopardy without drastic action to improve rainfall predictions.
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拢4m to transform Bristol鈥檚 bright ideas into global opportunities and impact
16 June 2022
The University of Bristol will receive significant funding to maximise the impact and translation of cutting-edge research which promises to have far-reaching benefits for society.
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Community run leader completed 10k in quarantine hotel room
19 May 2022
A student who ran 650 laps of a quarantine hotel room for last year鈥檚 Bristol Run Series is now helping others get the running bug.
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Scientists discover new way to target cancer
12 December 2011
Scientists have discovered a new way to target cancer through manipulating a master switch responsible for cancer cell growth. The findings, published today [12 Dec] in the journal Cancer Cell, reveal how cancer cells grow faster by producing their own blood vessels.
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Bristol co-hosts round-table on communications systems
12 December 2012
The Communication Systems and Networks Group in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering recently co-hosted a round-table event organised by the US instrumentation company National Instruments.
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Contribute to the design of a full-scale Martian House in Bristol
5 July 2022
Space scientists from the University of Bristol have consulted on a pioneering public art project to build a 鈥楳artian House鈥� at Harbourside - and now the people of Bristol are invited to create the interior.
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Prioritising help for the poorest hit by deadly natural disasters
17 October 2018
A new statistical tool to help target resources following deadly natural disasters has been created by the University of Bristol, allowing governments to prioritise getting aid to the most vulnerable people.
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DNA damage across a cellular barrier depends on barrier thickness
12 December 2011
Scientists at the University of Bristol have shown that signalling molecules that damage the DNA of cells grown underneath a barrier are transmitted only when the barrier is more than one layer thick and DNA damage and cytokine release is signalled across the barrier.
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New research could help the welfare of working animals
9 December 2014
With over 42 million horses and 95 per cent of the world鈥檚 donkeys found in developing countries, new research could change the health and welfare of millions of working animals in some of the poorest parts of the world.
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