The tragedy of dead and missing migrants in the Mediterranean31 August 2016In 2015 and the first half of 2016, more than 6,600 refugees and migrants drowned or went missing in the Mediterranean after their boats capsized while trying to reach Europe.
What happens in your garden at twilight?31 August 2016Why do some flowers, such as evening primrose, shimmer at dusk while others close at night and why are some flowers brightly coloured and release scents during the day while others are pale and only reveal their perfume in the evening? A Festival this weekend will answer these questions together with explaining how bees, butterflies, moths, bats and birds are vital for people and the planet.
Dance artist is Feel It! Festival's first performer26 August 2016The first open commission for the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute’s Feel It! Festival has been announced as a performance by dance artist Viv Gordon.
Wind energy expert appointed visiting professor24 August 2016A world-leading expert in wind turbine design and analysis has been appointed a Visiting Industrial Professor at the University of Bristol within the Department of Aerospace Engineering. This will involve working with staff across the Faculty of Engineering and the Cabot Institute’s Low Carbon Energy Research Group.
Bristol team’s mission to improve engineering education24 August 2016A team of Engineering Design graduates from the University of Bristol has been awarded £20,000 and free business mentoring to launch their educational product that could increase student access to previously expensive manufacturing machines.
Reef castaways: Can coral make it across Darwin’s 'impassable' barrier?23 August 2016An international team of researchers have shown that vulnerable coral populations in the eastern tropical Pacific have been completely isolated from the rest of the Pacific Ocean for at least the past two decades.
Two golds and a silver for Bristol alumni in Rio22 August 2016University of Bristol graduate Georgie Twigg became a double Olympic medal winner on Friday after the Team GB women’s hockey team took gold in Rio.
Unravelling the biology of parkinsonism19 August 2016Scientists have taken another step towards understanding the causes of parkinsonism by identifying what's happening at a cellular level to potentially help develop future treatments.
Unhealthy diet during pregnancy could be linked to ADHD19 August 2016New research led by scientists from King's College London and the University of Bristol has found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet during pregnancy may be linked to symptoms of ADHD in children who show conduct problems early in life.
Undergraduate Admissions 2016 18 August 2016The University of Bristol received over 44,000 applications for around 5,350 undergraduate places available across the full range of subjects.
University of Bristol climbs Academic Ranking of World Universities16 August 2016The University of Bristol has been ranked as 8th in the UK and has risen nine places to 57th in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – its highest ranking in 13 years.
Elbows of extinct marsupial lion suggest unique hunting style 16 August 2016Scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Málaga have proposed that the long extinct marsupial lion hunted in a very unique way - by using its teeth to hold prey before dispatching them with its huge claws.
New Antarctic ice discovery aids future climate predictions 16 August 2016A team of British climate scientists comparing today's environment with the warm period before the last ice age has discovered a 65 percent reduction of Antarctic sea ice around 128,000 years ago.
Jean George 1953 - 201615 August 2016Jean George, formerly Chief Cataloguer in the University Library, died on 9 March 2016 at the age of 63. Her colleague, Dr Peter King, offers a tribute.
Unearthed: the cannibal sharks of a forgotten age11 August 2016Scientists have discovered macabre fossil evidence suggesting that 300 million-year-old sharks ate their own young, as fossil faeces of adult Orthacanthus sharks contained the tiny teeth of juveniles.
The Kevin Elyot Award – first recipient announced 10 August 2016Playwright Ian McHugh has been named as the first ever recipient of the annual Kevin Elyot Award by the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.
Shape-changing metamaterial developed using Kirigami technique5 August 2016Engineers from the University of Bristol have developed a new shape-changing metamaterial using Kirigami, which is the ancient Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to obtain 3D shapes.
Grant to strengthen ties between universities and museums4 August 2016A centre established as a partnership between Bristol's two universities has received funding to strengthen links between museums and the higher education sector nationwide.
On the cusp of quantum supremacy4 August 2016The first step on a new path to quantum supremacy has been proposed by a mathematician from the University of Bristol.
Massive MIMO, massive win for Bristol student at NI Engineering Impact Awards3 August 2016A postgraduate student from the University of Bristol is the joint recipient of five separate awards in recognition of their world record achievement in 5G wireless spectrum efficiency using Massive MIMO. The announcement was made at the 22nd annual NIWeek conference in Austin, Texas, USA, at the National Instruments (NI) Engineering Impact Awards ceremony last night.