Recovery from a hip fracture varies widely among NHS hospitals, study finds31 August 2022How 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 finds29 August 2022Male 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.
Professor Malcolm Skilbeck, 1932-202225 August 2022Former 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 2022Briefly 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.
The bees are back in town!24 August 2022After 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 2022A 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.
Explore the ‘World Reimagined’ in new Bristol art trail12 August 2022A 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.
Volcanic super eruptions are millions of years in the making – followed by swift surge3 August 2022Researchers 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.
SW England and South Wales to become the UK’s first Hydrogen Ecosystem3 August 2022The 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.