Virtual reality exhibit transports viewers back to 1914
Stephen Gray, a PhD student from the University of Bristol, has built a virtual reality version of Bristol in 1914.
News in October
‘Enchantress of Numbers’ inspires women of the digital generation
Bristol will be joining a global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths as part of Ada Lovelace Day.
New meningitis vaccine only cost-effective at low price
The ideal cost per dose for a new meningitis vaccine ranges from £3 up to a possible £22 only if several vaccine favourable factors all coincide, according to research which has analysed how to maximise the reduction in cases while making a new vaccination programme cost-effective.
Can a game of chance engage the brain and accelerate learning?
An innovative new project, investigating whether the uncertainty inherent in games can increase the rate at which children learn science, will get underway in the South West thanks to a £650,000 funding boost.
Bristol graduates win Engineering Design prize
Four graduates from the University’s Engineering Design degree have been awarded a group prize from the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED).
‘Hidden Museum’ digital arts project wins funding
A collaborative project between the University, Aardman Animations and Bristol Museums has been awarded funding by the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts.
Research goes wild
A research project has, for the first time, demonstrated the reliable streaming of video and multimedia content to large groups of Wi-Fi enabled tablets and smartphones as a multicast service.
How dinosaurs divided their meals at the Jurassic dinner table
How the largest animals to have ever walked the Earth fed, and how this allowed them to live alongside one another in prehistoric ecosystems is the subject of new research from the University of Bristol and the Natural History Museum, London.
Bristol welcomes Jamaican Poet Laureate, Mervyn Morris
Professor Mervyn Morris, newly-appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica, will give the Bristol Poetry Institute annual reading for 2014 this Friday [10 October] in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building.
UK’s first national networked brain tumour tissue archive
A new tissue banking initiative, called the Brain Tumour Archive Network, that will unlock thousands of previously hard to access brain tumour samples for researchers throughout the UK has been announced today [Tuesday 7 October].
New imaging technique could detect acoustically “invisible” cracks
The next generation of aircraft could be thinner and lighter thanks to the development of a new imaging technique that could detect damage previously invisible to acoustic imaging systems.
Through the combining glass
Trying on clothes when a shop is closed could become a reality thanks to new research that uses semi-transparent mirrors in interactive systems and which will be unveiled at an international conference tomorrow [Tuesday 7 October].
No need for water, enzymes are doing it for themselves
New research by scientists at the University of Bristol has challenged one of the key axioms in biology - that enzymes need water to function. The breakthrough could eventually lead to the development of new industrial catalysts for processing biodiesel.
Sir David Attenborough opens world-class Life Sciences building
Britain's best-known natural history film-maker Sir David Attenborough has officially opened the University of Bristol’s new £56.5 million Life Sciences building.
Henrietta Lacks and her cell line inspires ‘A Brush with Immortality’
Local artist Helen Wilson-Roe will be screening her documentary and taking part in a Q and A with three University of Bristol academics as part of her exhibition – A Brush with Immortality.
Get set for increased sport funding
Students at the University of Bristol will have more opportunities to play sport thanks to £90,000 of National Lottery funding from the Sport England University Sport Activation Fund.
Major funding announced for bioscience students
The Bristol-led South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP) is to receive substantial new funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for the training and development of bioscience PhD students.
Research grant success for Policy Studies
Academics in the School for Policy Studies attracted a substantial number of research grants over the summer.
Winter is coming… to Titan's south pole
Gigantic polar clouds of hydrogen cyanide roughly four times the area of the UK are part of the impressive atmospheric diversity of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, a new study led by Leiden Observatory, the Netherlands Institute for Space Research and the University of Bristol has found. The research is published today in Nature.
Lego housing, automatic ambulances and car-free streets
What will Bristol be like in 2070? A new report released today [1 October] suggests a number of ideas in an attempt to create a futuristic city that suits the needs of its citizens, whatever their age.
Dr Chitnis receives AHRC Innovation Award for translation research
Dr Rajendra Chitnis, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Russian, has received one of eight new Innovation Awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).