International
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Family and media pressure to lose weight in adolescence linked to how people value themselves almost two decades later
16 April 2024
People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, sexual minorities, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of 'internalised' weight stigma, new research led by the University of Bristol has found. The study is published in The Lancet Regional Health Europe today [16 Apr].
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How will people interact with technology in the future?
9 May 2016
New research that discusses how people will interact with technology in the future will be presented this week at one of the world鈥檚 most important conferences on human-computer interfaces, ACM CHI 2016, in San Jose, USA [7-12 May].
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University of Bristol and UCL to lead support hub for UK's longitudinal population studies
27 March 2024
The University of Bristol and UCL will lead the Population Research UK (PRUK) co-ordination hub, part of an existing strategic investment from the UKRI Infrastructure Fund.
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Racist and sexist assumptions endured in UK media coverage of Malala Yousafzai
19 May 2016
A new study has found that seemingly positive media coverage of feminist campaigner Malala Yousafzai is actually full of patronising assumptions about women in Muslim countries.
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Healthy soil lifts animal weight
17 April 2018
Managing soil by well-designed grazing is key to an animal's growth and wellbeing shows new research linking soil health, pasture value and sustainable production.
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Researchers a step closer to a cure for HIV
26 March 2024
A new study involving University of Bristol researchers has shown a virus-like particle (HLP) can effectively 'shock and kill' the latent HIV reservoir.
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Major funding to develop slow-releasing antimicrobial agent for dentistry and medicine
25 April 2016
A University of Bristol spin-out company working to advance the treatment and prevention of bacterial infection by developing a solution to improve the efficacy of chlorhexidine-based products has received major investment to progress the technology.
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Could stem cell therapy be an effective treatment for Friedreich鈥檚 ataxia?
17 April 2018
Researchers at the University of Bristol are looking for people with an inherited neurological condition called Friedreich's ataxia (FA) to take part in a study into whether a stem cell therapy could be a treatment for FA.
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New type of opal formed by common seaweed discovered
17 April 2018
Scientists have discovered a completely new type of opal formed by a common seaweed which harnesses natural technology by self-assembling a nanostructure of oil droplets to control how light reflects from its cells to display a shimmering array of colours that until now, has only been seen in the gem stone.
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Report warns performing arts under threat from future global shocks unless lessons are learned from pandemic
26 March 2024
Live performing arts are facing an existential threat from a range of potential global shocks unless there is significant and sustained investment in resilience planning, according to a new international study.
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