University of Bristol and Science Creates announce £ 8.5m investment to develop major new incubator on the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus
The University of Bristol and deep tech organisation Science Creates have agreed to launch a £ 8.5m major new incubator in the heart of the new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - December 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Business and Enterprise; Press Release Source Type: news
Dose matters: HIV drug could prevent coronaviruses, study finds
Coronaviruses are a global public health risk, with three highly infectious species, including SARS-CoV-2, emerging in the last 20 years. New research by the University of Bristol has shown how an HIV drug could stop many coronavirus diseases, including the SARS-CoV-2 variants, when given to infected cells at the right concentration. The findings could strengthen the arsenal of antiviral drugs available to combat current and future coronavirus outbreaks. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - December 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research, Alumni; Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Press Release Source Type: news
Bristol ranked as world's 17th most sustainable university
The University of Bristol has been named as one of the most sustainable universities in the world, according to a new global league table. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - December 5, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Sustainability, International; Press Release Source Type: news
Professor Mark Birkinshaw, 1954-2023
Mark Birkinshaw, a distinguished Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics in the School of Physics, died in July. His colleagues and friends Professor Belinda Wilkes and Emeritus Professor Steven Phillipps share their memories of Mark and recall his significant contributions to the field. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - December 1, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Obituaries; Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science, School of Physics Source Type: news
Bristol co-development will give AI window into complex human activity
More than 1,400 hours of footage capturing humans performing tasks simultaneously from their point of view and externally, will help give AI models an understanding of how humans carry out activities. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - December 1, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Announcements; Faculty of Engineering; Press Release Source Type: news
More people getting into difficulties with credit
New research has revealed high levels of consumer debt among the majority of UK households. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - December 1, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: ; Press Release Source Type: news
Student with narcolepsy to run 70km with University pals
A student with narcolepsy will need to nap several times as he and five friends take on an epic 70km (43.5mile) run. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Undergraduate, Student life, Current students; Faculty of Science; Press Release Source Type: news
Professor Mike Jones, 1953-2023
Emeritus Professor Mike Jones died in September. His colleagues Professor Mark Clatworthy and Professor Stuart Cooper offer this remembrance to a pathfinder in many areas of accounting research who served as Professor of Accounting from 2009 to 2020 and as Head of Department of Accounting and Finance from 2009 to 2013. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Obituaries; Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, School of Accounting and Finance Source Type: news
New research demonstrates the ability of ADDomer ™ to tackle viral infections
New research has demonstrated the potential for the ADDomer ™ platform to produce thermostable vaccines and reagents to tackle viral infections The study led by the University of Bristol and Imophoron, a biopharmaceutical company developing thermostable nanoparticle vaccines using its ADDomer platform, is published in Antibody Therapeutics today [29 November]. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Institutes, Institutes, Bristol BioDesign Institute; Press Release Source Type: news
Drugs already licensed could be trialled to potentially treat secondary brain cancer, new research finds
The largest review of papers for brain cancer that has spread from the lungs has found abnormalities in the brain cancer and for which licensed drugs could be clinically trialled to find out if they could treat the disease. The research led by the University of Bristol and published in Neuro-Oncology Advances also found genetic differences between smokers and non-smokers. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; Press Release Source Type: news
Network of robots can successfully monitor pipes using acoustic wave sensors
An inspection design method and procedure by which mobile robots can inspect large pipe structures has been demonstrated with the successful inspection of multiple defects on a three-meter long steel pipe using guided acoustic wave sensors. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research; Faculty of Engineering; Press Release Source Type: news
Pioneering study shows schools are providing ‘ fourth emergency service ’ feeding families in desperate need
New research has exposed how food charity in schools is becoming mainstreamed across England amidst the cost-of-living crisis, welfare cutbacks, and entrenched poverty. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Alumni, Announcements, Health, International, Postgraduate, Public engagement, Publications, Research; Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, School of Education; Press Release Source Type: news
University of Bristol pledges £ 10 million to address racial inequalities following consultation on renaming buildings with links to slave trade
The University of Bristol is pledging £ 10 million over the next decade to develop a programme that will address racial injustice and inequalities both within the University itself and in the local communities it works with. This will also include presenting the institution ’ s founders ’ historic links to enslavement in a proper context. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 28, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Announcements; Press Release Source Type: news
Company founded by University of Bristol academic develops revolutionary fusion reactor
A company founded by a University of Bristol academic is pioneering a new technology that has the potential to revolutionise cancer diagnosis and treatment. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 27, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Business and Enterprise; Press Release Source Type: news
New research finds that ultra-processed foods taste no better than less processed foods
New research that compared the taste perception of less processed foods with ultra-processed foods (UPFs), found participants viewed UPFs no more pleasant tasting than less processed foods. The University of Bristol-led findings, published in the journal Appetite today [27 November], supports the theory that humans are programmed to learn to like foods with more equal amounts of carbohydrate and fat. Carbohydrate (including sugars) and fat provide most of the calories in human diets. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 27, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; Press Release Source Type: news
