News

• Is glass a true solid? 22 January 2015 Researchers from the University of Bristol have teamed up with Kyoto University to answer whether glass ever becomes truly solid and stops flowing.
• Bristol Chemistry ranks 4th in the UK for Research Excellence 7 January 2015 Bristol Chemistry ranks 4th in the UK for Research Excellence
• Nature-inspired engineering project wins Leverhulme grant 9 December 2014 A project to develop ‘biomimetic’ devices that re-orientate in response to light has been granted funding by the Leverhulme Trust.
• Innovate UK success for Knowledge Transfer Partnership 8 December 2014 The Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Photek Ltd., University of Bristol, and Dr Orla Kelly has been shortlisted as a finalist for the KTP Best of the Best Award 2014.
• Professor Jonathan Reid's Aerosol group develops aerosol optical tweezers 28 October 2014 A device which allows users to hold airborne particles, aerosols, for extended periods has been developed by a team at the University of Bristol and Portishead-based firm Biral.
• Professor Dek Woolfson and his team create designer 'barrel' proteins 23 October 2014 Designer proteins that expand on nature’s own repertoire, created by a team of chemists and biochemists from the University of Bristol, are described in a paper published this week in Science.
• Ash awarded a scholarship to hatch an “Ecoegg” 23 October 2014 Ash Earl, an MSc project student in Dr. Wuge Briscoe's group, has received a £500 scholarship from Ecoegg.
• Niall McCreanor selected to attend Syngenta Postgraduate Scholarship Workshop 30 September 2014 Congratulations to Niall McCreanor who has been selected to participate in the 2014 Syngenta Postgraduate Scholarship Workshop.
• Megan Shaw selected to present research in India 29 September 2014 Congratulations to Megan Shaw who has been selected to present her research at the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
• Professor Mike Ashfold awarded Herbert P. Broida Prize 22 September 2014 Professor Mike Ashfold FRS has been awarded the prestigious Herbert P. Broida Prize by the American Physical Society.