University teams up with Bristol Museum & Art Gallery for roaring return of Dinosaur Takeover
The hugely popular Dinosaur Takeover event is set to return to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery for one week this month.
News in November
GW4 calls for government investment to strengthen advanced engineering and digital innovation industries in region
A consortium of major businesses, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and higher education institutions has found that the South West England and South East Wales region can lead the UK and compete with the world in the areas of advanced engineering and digital innovation, and has called for targeted government investment to drive innovation in these areas.
New £1 million project to develop electronics based on nanoelectromechanical relays for use in harsh environments
Electronics that use nanoelectromechanical relays instead of transistors are being developed in a new £1 million project involving the University of Bristol that could transform the way electronic components for use in extreme temperatures are designed.
South West Doctoral Training Partnership awarded funding for six years
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has approved six years of funding for the successor to the South West Doctoral Training Centre, in which Bristol is the lead institution.
Muscles more sensitive to stretch than previously thought
Almost 50 years after Nobel prize-winner Andrew Huxley published his seminal findings about muscle contraction, scientists from the University of Bristol have retraced Huxley’s steps. Their findings, published today in the Biophysical Journal, could change our understanding of the response of muscles to changes in length during physical activity.
Risk of hospital admissions could be reduced with better general practice strategies
Hospital admission rates are 55 per cent higher in some areas than in others because of a greater prevalence of conditions such as diabetes, alcoholism, dementia and socioeconomic deprivation.