News in August
- Married doctors who met at Bristol while studying medicine launch business to remedy health inequality in South Asia 31 August 2022 Doctors Sumitra Kafle and Navdeep Nath who met while studying medicine at the University of Bristol have introduced a business to advance primary care in Nepal.
- Brain activity during sleep differs in young people with genetic risk of psychiatric disorders 31 August 2022 Young people living with a genetic alteration that increases the risk of psychiatric disorders have markedly different brain activity during sleep, a study led by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff published in the journal eLife shows.
- Recovery from a hip fracture varies widely among NHS hospitals, study finds 31 August 2022 How well patients recover after a hip fracture varies enormously between NHS hospitals in England and Wales and in some hospitals one in ten patients died within a month of their fracture, a new study has found.
- Dolphins form largest alliance network outside humans, study finds 29 August 2022 Male bottlenose dolphins form the largest known multi-level alliance network outside humans, an international team led by researchers at the University of Bristol have shown. These cooperative relationships between groups increase male access to a contested resource.
- Student who has watched every University Challenge episode multiple times captains Bristol side 29 August 2022 Chemistry student and top University Challenge fan Tess Richardson will lead Bristol’s team as they kick off Jeremy Paxman’s last series tonight.
- NASA’s Webb detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere 25 August 2022 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system.
- Professor Malcolm Skilbeck, 1932-2022 25 August 2022 Former School of Education colleague Professor Malcolm Skilbeck passed away peacefully, aged 89, at his home near Geelong in Victoria Australia on 17 June. Emeritus Professor Michael Crossley, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education, offers a remembrance.
- Experiment on YouTube shows potential to ‘inoculate’ millions of users against misinformation 24 August 2022 Briefly exposing social media users to tricks behind misinformation boosts awareness of dangerous online falsehoods, even amid intense ‘noise’ of the world’s second-most visited website, new research finds. Google is set to deploy an anti-disinformation campaign based on the findings.
- Charity launched by graduate to help Ukrainian refugees settle in the UK issues first business grants 24 August 2022 Opora, founded by MPhil History graduate Yegor Lanovenko, has processed its first tranche of its business grants programme aimed at supporting Ukrainian refugee entrepreneurs in the UK.
- The bees are back in town! 24 August 2022 After a hiatus of three years the Bee and Pollination Festival is back! Come and find out about the vital role pollinators play in our lives at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden this weekend.
- Sustainable Bristol student start-up branches into prison partnership to aid rehabilitation 23 August 2022 A climate-crisis-fighting farming company founded by University of Bristol alumni has introduced their environmentally-friendly methods to a prison setting for the first time in the UK. The trial is part of a strategy to aid rehabilitation by empowering prisoners and helping them develop new skills to reintegrate back into society.
- Sexual enjoyment following childbirth is not altered by different delivery methods, research suggests 22 August 2022 Sexual enjoyment in the years following childbirth is unaffected by the way in which the baby is delivered, according to new research.
- Scientists relieved to discover ‘curious’ creature with no anus is not earliest human ancestor 17 August 2022 An international team of researchers have discovered that a mysterious microscopic creature from which humans were thought to descend is part of a different family tree.
- A gold inflatable Martian House designed to withstand life on Mars has landed in Bristol 16 August 2022 A two storey house designed for future life on Mars has landed on M Shed Square in Bristol, UK as part of ongoing public art project, Building a Martian House.
- Weird and wonderful world of fungi shaped by evolutionary bursts, study finds 15 August 2022 Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that the vast anatomical variety of fungi stems from evolutionary increases in multicellular complexity.
- Explore the ‘World Reimagined’ in new Bristol art trail 12 August 2022 A colourful globe sculpture has been installed at the University of Bristol’s Royal Fort Gardens this week that forms part of a new trail across the city of Bristol, inviting the public to explore the UK’s relationship with the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its impact on society.
- Bristol alumna and England netball legend retires from the game after fourth Commonwealths 9 August 2022 A Bristol alumna has announced she is retiring from domestic and international netball after her fourth Commonwealth Games.
- Robot helps reveal how ants pass on knowledge 9 August 2022 Scientists have developed a small robot to understand how ants teach one another.
- How can we end male violence? Bristol conference invites contributions from professionals working with boys and young men 4 August 2022 Researchers from the University of Bristol, in partnership with Bristol Young Men’s Network, are inviting professionals working with boys and young men to contribute to a conference around masculinity, violence and mental health.
- University garden declared as one of UK’s top green spaces 4 August 2022 The University of Bristol’s Royal Fort Gardens have been awarded the coveted Green Flag Award as it is officially recognised as one of the country’s best parks.
- Volcanic super eruptions are millions of years in the making – followed by swift surge 3 August 2022 Researchers at the University of Bristol and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre have discovered that super-eruptions occur when huge accumulations of magma deep in the Earth’s crust, formed over millions of years, move rapidly to the surface disrupting pre-existing rock.
- University hockey players compete in under 21s European champs 3 August 2022 Two Bristol hockey players tested their mettle against some of the best teams in the world at the under 21s European championships.
- SW England and South Wales to become the UK’s first Hydrogen Ecosystem 3 August 2022 The Western Gateway partnership and the GW4 Alliance, of which the University of Bristol is a member, have unveiled a vision for South West England and South Wales to become the UK’s first Hydrogen Ecosystem, to lead development of low carbon energy and meet goals to slow climate change.
- Landmark study shows consistent approaches to surgical innovation are urgently needed 3 August 2022 A consistent approach to NHS policies on surgical innovation is urgently needed, a landmark study by University of Bristol researchers has shown.
- Researchers reveal how an insect-eating plant uses rain energy to power its traps 3 August 2022 Scientists at the University of Bristol have uncovered the deadly workings of a carnivorous plant.
- Mathematical modelling could lead to simple blood test for brain tumours 3 August 2022 University of Bristol research could lead to better detection of the most common type of malignant brain cancer.
- New documentary unearths Bristol’s wildlife treasures 1 August 2022 A new documentary unearths the rich and often unexpected wildlife that calls Bristol home.
