Chemistry in action
Bristol ChemLabS’ busy outreach schedule continues, kicking off in July with an international summer school organised jointly with Trinity College Dublin and a year 12 chemistry experience camp.
News in 2008
Honorary degrees awarded today
Bristol University is awarding honorary degrees to two prominent people at today’s degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building [Wednesday 16 July].
An inflamed response
Paul Martin talked to Cherry Lewis about the discovery made in his lab that speeds up wound healing and reduces the size of the wound scar.
Dr Anne Cole, 1918-2008
Dr Anne Cole, a lecturer and programme administrator in Biochemistry, died recently. Professor Dick Denton offers a tribute.
Honorary degrees awarded today
Bristol University is awarding honorary degrees to two prominent people at today’s degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building [Tuesday 15 July].
Was it a bird or was it a plane?
A new study of extinct reptiles called kuehneosaurs, by scientists from the University of Bristol, shows that these early flyers used extraordinary extensions of their ribs to form large gliding surfaces on the side of the body.
A marriage of two minds
It is unusual to have two doctor of education (EdD) oral examinations (or ‘vivas’) in one day, but very rare indeed for the students to be husband and wife. This was the case when Hubert and Beatrice Fulford both successfully negotiated their EdD theses at the Graduate School of Education.
Honorary degrees awarded today
Bristol University is awarding honorary degrees to two prominent people at today’s degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building [Monday 14 July].
Honorary degrees awarded today
Bristol University has awarded honorary degrees to two prominent people at today’s degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building [Friday 11 July].
How are homeopathic products used in childhood?
Recent research finds that 11.8 per cent of children participating in the Children of the 90s study have used a homeopathic product at least once in their early years.
Innovations in information delivery for sign language users
The Centre for Deaf Studies has launched a new website, and has teamed up with Avon Fire & Rescue Service to bring online fire safety messages to users of British Sign Language.
Bristol company to revolutionise technology in data centres
Bristol company Gnodal Ltd has developed a pioneering new technology to radically improve the efficiency of high-performance data centres across the world. The company is based in the University of Bristol’s SETsquared Business Acceleration Centre, which supports start-up companies.
Dragons' Den, south-west style
Leading local technology companies from the University of Bristol’s SETsquared Business Acceleration Centre, which supports start-up businesses, pitched their work to potential investors at a Dragons' Den-style event in Bristol on Tuesday 8 July. The audience of investors voted using four $25,000 ‘south-west' dollar billls.
Double honours in Maths
Two Bristol academics have been awarded prestigious Whitehead Prizes by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) for achievements in mathematics.
Will our future brains be smaller?
New research from the University of Bristol has shown that the evolutionary pressures arising from the older, faster, but less accurate, part of the brain may have shaped the more recent development of the slower-acting but more precise cortex, found in humans and higher animals.
Why can’t I learn a new language?
Adults, even the brightest ones, often struggle with learning new languages. Dr Nina Kazanina in the Department of Psychology explains why.
Medic wins Peter Dunn Bursary
Fourth-year medical student Richard Lee-Kelland has won the 2008 Peter Dunn Perinatal Bursary for best perinatal project.
Disruption of blood sugar levels after heart surgery is common
A study reveals today that inadequate blood sugar control in patients having heart surgery is associated with a four fold increase in post-surgery death and major complications - and that the blood sugar disturbances occur in patients with and without diabetes.
Spin doctors
How to control spin in the lab
Bristol runners head for UK Olympic trials
Three students from Bristol University have been invited to attend the UK Olympic trials next week [11-13 July 2008].
Penguins in Podium
A £650,000 grant from the AHRC to the Penguin Archive is the cover story of this summer’s issue of Podium magazine.
New Dean for Medicine and Dentistry
Peter Mathieson, Professor of Renal Medicine and Head of the Department of Clinical Science at North Bristol, has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.
Volunteers needed for fEC usability review
The University is looking for staff volunteers to test the usability of its Full Economic Costing (fEC) project costing tool.
Former students unite
More than 600 former Bristol students will return to the University this weekend for the 2008 Convocation Reunion Weekend.
New Dean for Social Sciences and Law
Judith Squires, Professor of Political Theory and Head of the Department of Politics, has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law with effect from 1 August 2009, succeeding Professor Malcolm Evans.
On your marks, get set, toddle!
The University is hosting a Barnardo’s Big Toddle event at its Coombe Dingle outdoor sports complex on Tuesday 15 July at 1.30 pm.
Recent advances in animal welfare science
Domestic dogs, horses, laying hens and zoo elephants will come under discussion by academics at a major animal welfare conference today.
Atomic tug of war
A new form of energy-transfer, reported today in 'Nature' may have implications for the study of reactions going on in the atmosphere, and even for those occurring in the body.
Come on an evolutionary adventure
Botanist and conservationist, David Bellamy, OBE, will be joining in a day of celebration and opening the ‘Evolution Collection’ at Bristol University’s new Botanic Garden on Saturday 5 July.
William Bullock and Napoleon’s carriage
Professor Michael Costeloe has written a biography of William Bullock (c1773-1849), who founded an early museum called the Egyptian Hall.
Can children have strokes?
Childhood stroke is at least as common as brain tumours in children and may be as common as all childhood cancer but the condition is under-recognised by both the public and the medical profession.
Bristol hosts West of England Festival of Sporting Ability
Around 100 pupils from 12 special secondary schools will compete in the inaugural Festival of Sporting Ability hosted at the University's Coombe Dingle Sports Complex, this week [1-3 July].
Passports for penguins
Ground-breaking technology that will enable biologists to identify and monitor large numbers of endangered animals, from butterflies to whales, without being captured, will be shown to the public for the first time at this year's Royal Society Summer Science exhibition [30 June to 3 July].
Bristol Innovations Ltd strengthens board team
Bristol Innovations Ltd (BIL), a University of Bristol subsidiary that manages the University’s holdings in spin-out and other companies engaged in exploiting new technologies emerging from its research, has announced the appointment of Nick Morant and John Pocock as Board Directors.
A* at A-level: benefit or menace?
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eric Thomas, on Bristol's response to the A* controversy.
Subtext 6: Lovesickness, Antarctica, archaeology... and an award
Subtext, the University’s magazine, has won a CASE silver medal, just as the Summer 2008 issue is published.
Kelvin Symonds, 1953–2008
Kelvin Symonds, Head Attendant in the Arts and Social Sciences Library, died in May. Peter King, Director of Library Services, remembers 'a devoted and very proud family man... the sort of person who presents solutions to problems rather than the problems themselves'.
Aerospace performance set to soar
The cost and time of designing new products within the aerospace, automobile and sports industries could be dramatically reduced, thanks to a breakthrough new technology.
Bristol joins Santander universities
The University of Bristol and Abbey National plc, Banco Santander’s UK subsidiary, have signed an agreement that will set up support for students and researchers and enable the University to develop a variety of projects within the ‘Santander Universities’ scheme.
£1.2 million for research into self-healing materials
Dr Ian Bond from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Bristol and colleagues from Imperial College London have been awarded a four-year research grant of £1.2 million from the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and DSTL (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory).