20 April 2012
The Royal Society is the UK's Academy of Science and being elected a Fellow is recognition of research excellence of the highest order. Alasdair Houston, of the School of Biological Sciences, and his long time collaborator in the School of Mathematics, John McNamara, this year both join that elite group who can put the letters 'FRS' after their name.
23 May 2012
Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in Current Biology. Understanding why plants alter their architecture in response to heat is important as increasing global temperatures pose a threat to future food production.
21 May 2012
The leading journal in biodiversity conservation – Global Change Biology –currently highlights two papers on bats led by researchers in the School.
21 May 2012
A special issue of Science has been published considering the deep evolutionary roots of violent confrontation, exploring the importance of war in our history and examining how such conflicts are mediated and thus enable peaceful coexistence. The issue focuses on human behaviour but contains an article showcasing the parallels established in non-human animals by the extensive research of Andy Radford on intergroup conflicts and intragroup affiliation in cooperatively breeding green woodhoopoes.
17 May 2012
The importance of having plants on our planet will be in the spotlight when thousands of plant scientists, botanists, farmers and gardeners from around the world come together to share their Fascination of Plants.
16 May 2012
Scientists at the University of Bristol have shed new light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: how the brain initiates rhythmic movements like walking, running and swimming.