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Cocker Spaniel pup Ariel triumphs over rare congenital abnormality after specialist surgery 23 January 2024 Ariel, a five-month-old Cocker Spaniel, who had two extra limbs that resembled a mermaid鈥檚 tail has had successful specialist surgery carried out by a multidisciplinary team at the University of Bristol鈥檚 Langford Vets.

UK universities will work together to improve research quality and reproducibility 10 December 2019 UK universities will collaborate to improve the quality of UK academic research output. Whilst the UK is at the leading edge of research globally, there is a need to constantly strive to improve in order to retain that positions. Crucially, institutions must produce research that is rigorous, robust and of high-quality, to ensure that the UK retains its reputation for producing world-leading research.

Excess winter deaths: routine data won鈥檛 help GPs identify patients who are most at risk 30 January 2018 Expecting GPs to use medical records to identify individual patients who are most vulnerable to cold weather is unrealistic, according to a study by researchers at the University of Bristol, UCL and the University of Birmingham.

Bristol study on nicotinic receptors and long-term memory could lead to more targeted and effective therapies for dementia 27 March 2018 A new University of Bristol study, which identifies how acetylcholine impacts learning and memory by acting at different receptors, could prove significant in the drive to develop more targeted and effective therapies for dementia.

Research reveals alarming extent of gambling-related messages during live ice hockey and basketball coverage 19 January 2024 A new study has exposed for the first time the vast proliferation of gambling marketing during live TV screenings and social media promotion of National Hockey League (NHL) and National Basketball Association (NBA) games in Canada.

University of Bristol partners with Ben-Gurion University 10 December 2019 The University of Bristol has formalised an agreement to collaborate with the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel on research and education in Telecommunications Networks, Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence.

UN praises Bristol initiative to promote safer seas worldwide 27 March 2018 International policy makers, coastguard, navies and shipping companies can now access comprehensive advice and guidance to making the world鈥檚 oceans safe from piracy and smuggling.

As freezing temperatures hit Scotland, 4 in 10 households consider energy costs 鈥榰naffordable鈥� 18 January 2024 New research has revealed 38% of households in Scotland recently described their energy bills as 鈥榰naffordable鈥� and more than half (51%) considered them only 鈥榮omewhat affordable.鈥�

Gum disease having devastating impact on general health and well-being warn dentists 19 March 2018 A new report has revealed that the number of people affected by tooth decay and gum disease is having a widespread and devastating impact not only on patients mouths but also on their general health and wellbeing, particularly in the older population.

Sleep helps memory, right? Not for eyewitnesses 4 December 2019 New research investigating the effect of sleep on eyewitness memory has found that having a period of sleep, compared to a period of wake, does not improve eyewitness identification accuracy.