- People smoke more when smoking cigarettes from larger size packs: according to new research on 252 participants, they smoked 1.3 fewer cigarettes per day or 7.6% fewer from packs of 20 cigarettes, compared with the packs of 25 cigarettes https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/november/cigarette-pack-size.html 96 comments science
- Scientists, through genetic data analysis on 421,738 people, discovered 14 inherited genetic changes which significantly increase the risk of a person developing a symptomless blood disorder associated with the onset of some types of cancer/leukemia and heart disease https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/july/blooddisorder-study.html 4 comments science
- Child cancer survivor achieves dream of becoming doctor http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cancer-survivor-dream-of-becoming-doctor.html 34 comments upliftingnews
- Moth wing-inspired sound absorbing wallpaper in sight after the researches have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers (87% of sound absorbed), and with the scale layer being only 1/50th of the thickness of the wavelength of the sound that they’re absorbing https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/june/moth-wing-inspired-sound-absorbing-wallpaper.html 29 comments science
- Moth wings offer acoustic protection from bat echolocation calls. Moth wing-inspired sound absorbing wallpaper in sight after breakthrough. The potential to create ultrathin sound absorbing panels has huge implications in building acoustics. https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/june/moth-wing-inspired-sound-absorbing-wallpaper.html 63 comments science
- A new study exploring why rich countries tend to be secular whilst poor countries tend to be religious finds that a decline in religion predicts a country's future economic prosperity, when it is accompanied by a respect and tolerance for individual rights... http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/july/secularisation-economic-growth.html 3 comments science
- Artificial neurons on silicon chips that behave just like the real thing have been invented by scientists – a first-of-its-kind achievement with enormous scope for medical devices to help chronic diseases, such as heart failure, Alzheimer's, and other diseases of neuronal degeneration. https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/december/artificial-neurons.html 18 comments science
- Feathers came first, then birds: New research led by the University of Bristol suggests that feathers arose 100 million years before birds, changing how we look at dinosaurs, birds, and pterosaurs, the flying reptiles http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/june/origins-of-feathers-.html 16 comments science
- The Greenland Ice Sheet emits tons of methane according to a new study, showing that subglacial biological activity impacts the atmosphere far more than previously thought. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/january/greenland-subglacial-methane-.html 6 comments science
- New discovery pushes origin of feathers back by 70 million years http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/december/origin-of-feathers-.html 2 comments science
- Despite the commuter cold being a widely accepted concept, it’s never been proven that public transport contributes to the spread of airborne infections. Now new research on the London underground commute has proven a link does exist. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/december/tube-flu-spread.html 24 comments science
- When it comes to meal times in the animal kingdom, giraffes have been found to be just like us and prefer the company of their friends, according to new research http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/november/giraffes-study.html 3 comments science
- Location of large mystery source of banned ozone depleting substance uncovered. "Our results show that emissions of carbon tetrachloride from the eastern Asia region account for a large proportion of global emissions and are significantly larger than some previous studies have suggested" https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/october/carbon-tetrachloride.html 144 comments science
- A new study finds that decline in religion predicts a country's future economic prosperity, when it is accompanied by a respect and tolerance for individual rights. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/july/secularisation-economic-growth.html 16 comments europe
- A new study exploring why rich countries tend to be secular whilst poor countries tend to be religious finds that a decline in religion predicts a country's future economic prosperity, when it is accompanied by a respect and tolerance for individual rights. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/july/secularisation-economic-growth.html 1733 comments science
- Spending more years in full-time education is associated with a greater risk of developing short-sightedness (myopia). This provides strong evidence that more time spent in education is a risk factor for myopia. Furthermore, these findings have important implications for educational practices http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/june/education-and-myopia.html 5 comments science
- Intense iridescence obstructs bumblebee's ability to identify shape. When given familiarly shaped flowers, bees found it much more difficult to discriminate between flower shape when the targets were iridescent. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/may/bees-iridescent-colours.html 3 comments science
- Mantis shrimp have the most mobile eyes in the animal kingdom! Most animals keep eye movements to a minimum to avoid blur, but mantis shrimp move their eyes as much as possible. Each eye is capable of independent rotation in all three degrees of rotational freedom; pitch, yaw, and roll. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/may/mantis-shrimp-eyes.html 8 comments science
- It doesn’t pay to be just nice – you also need to be intelligent. New research shows that people with a higher IQ displayed 'significantly higher' levels of cooperation, which led to them earning more money in experiments designed to understand factors that improve cooperatively in the workplace. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/march/cooperation-factors.html 14 comments science
- Archaeologists have discovered that a mass grave uncovered in the 1980s dates to the Viking Age and may have been a burial site of the Viking Great Army war dead. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/february/radiocarbon-viking-grave-.html 3 comments science
- The world’s most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans - Researchers held a two-centimetre polystyrene sphere, which measures over two acoustic wavelengths in size and is the largest yet trapped in a tractor beam, as reported in Physical Review Letters today. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/january/tractor-beam.html 4 comments science
- Diagnosed autism linked to maternal grandmother’s smoking in pregnancy http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2017/april/grandmaternal-smoking-and-autism.html 23 comments science
- Good news for cancer patients - and benevolent vampires. Researchers have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow more efficient manufacture of red blood cells. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2017/march/blood-cells.html 3 comments science
- Study shows that LED lights attract fewer insects than other lights. The researchers now highlight the urgent need for further research on other heat-seeking flies that transmit disease, including mosquitoes that are carriers of pathogens that cause damaging diseases such as malaria and Zika fever. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/november/flies-led-lights.html 3 comments science
- On the cusp of quantum supremacy http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/august/quantum-supremacy.html 3 comments science
- The build-up of magma six kilometres below El Salvador's Ilopango caldera means the capital city of San Salvador may be at risk from future eruptions, University of Bristol researchers have found. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/july/san-salvador.html 5 comments science
- Huge ancient river basin explains location of the world's fastest flowing glacie http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jakobshaven-glacier.html 3 comments science
- A new way to grow crystals has been discovered by researchers as they have successfully controlled polymorphism in the polyaromatic hydrocarbon coronene, producing a crystal structure that had never before been observed. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/may/new-way-of-growing-crystals.html 3 comments science
- Best to sleep on it: brain activity patterns during sleep consolidate memory http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/february/brain-sleep-learning.html 4 comments science
- Computer-based games can have a beneficial effect on learning, according to new research. The brain-imaging study shows that – contrary to popular belief - technological game-playing can involve brain activity that positively supports learning. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/january/classroom-games-learning.html 6 comments science
- A new class of superhydrophobic nanomaterials might simplify the process of protecting surfaces from water. Scientists have developed a water-repelling material that is inexpensive, nontoxic and can be applied to a variety of surfaces via spray- or spin-coating. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2015/december/new-superhydrophobic-coating.html 18 comments science
- Moderate alcohol consumption increases attractiveness http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2015/march/drinking-and-attractiveness.html 5 comments nottheonion
- Global poverty is being underestimated by a third, new study shows. Many more than a billion living on less than a dollar a day http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2014/april/global-poverty.html 3 comments worldnews
- Scientists simulate the climate of Tolkien’s Middle Earth http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/10013.html 4 comments nottheonion
- Hyperactivity at age 3 linked to worse exam performance at age 16 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2013/188.html 30 comments science
- An endangered species of Madagascan lemur uses the alarm calls of birds and other lemurs to warn it of the presence of predators. This is the first time this phenomenon has been observed in a solitary and nocturnal lemur species http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/9566.html 4 comments science
- Removing nerves connecting kidney to the brain shown to reduce high blood pressure http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/9541.html 26 comments science
- Scientists analyse millions of news articles - A study has used AI algorithms to analyse 2.5 million articles from 498 different English-language online news outlets over ten months http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2012/8970.html 4 comments artificial
- Vitamin D in your diet makes you less likely to experience delusions of mind control http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2012/157.html 36 comments science
- Sometimes I wish this were a prerequisite to obtaining an Internet connection. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_41.htm 3 comments reddit.com