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A woman holding an Apple iPad2 with the BBC’s homepage on the screen

What makes people click?

18 June 2013

Academics from the University’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory have analysed tens of thousands of articles available to readers of online news and created a model to find out ‘what makes people click’.

Generic image illustrating sensor technology

Researchers keen to hear your views on new home health surveillance technologies

17 June 2013

How do you feel about using surveillance technologies to keep you healthy and living independently? University of Bristol academics are keen to hear your views on a new sensor system being developed by them to monitor people’s health in the home at a free public event next month [22 July].

A student with young people at a previous Raspberry Pi boot camp

Raspberry Pi boot camp

11 June 2013

A Raspberry Pi boot camp organised by students from the Faculty of Engineering together with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and At-Bristol, will take place this Saturday, 15 June.

3D ray tracing from a base station (BS) to a mobile phone (UE). The colour of the ‘rays’ denote their strength (lighter being stronger)

Bristol proposes 3D extension to cellular channel model with industry partner

5 June 2013

Collaborative research between the University of Bristol and Nokia Siemens Networks is enabling the design and optimization of novel 3D antenna arrays.

Polarmetric Antenna Patterns at 5.2GHz for the new Super Hub. The top plots show vertical polarisation, lower plots show horizontal polarisation

University researchers help optimise Virgin Media’s new Super Hub

4 June 2013

A new WiFi test process that combines 3D antenna measurements with in-home virtual reality modelling was announced today [Tuesday 4 June] by researchers at the University of Bristol's Communication Systems and Networks (CSN) Group.

Bristol Engineering Mathematics School Challenge poster

Year 12 students challenged to use their maths skills to win £1,000

4 June 2013

The University of Bristol’s Department of Engineering Mathematics has launched a nationwide mathematical challenge for Year 12 students to use their maths skills to solve an important real-world problem and win £1,000.

A woman jogging

Genetrainer in the running for major technology award

3 June 2013

A spin-off company, Genetrainer, building on University of Bristol research by its founders, Bristol PhD graduate, Ralph Pethica and Julian Gough, Professor of Bioinformatics in the Department of Computer Science, has been selected as a finalist in a startup competition at Europe’s largest technology conference.

Ashley Dale

Student’s career ambitions rocket into space

29 May 2013

The exciting world of space exploration is being opened up to a student from the University of Bristol who will embark on an intense nine-week study mission at the International Space University. Engineering PhD student Ashley Dale will learn about everything from space mission design to the risks of solar flares after winning a coveted scholarship worth 17,500 Euros from the UK Space Agency.

Philip Bruland's winning entry showing walkers and cyclists crossing the old railway bridge near the CREATE centre

Snap happy and healthy: photography winners in the spotlight

21 May 2013

The winners of an inaugural competition to capture the essence of health and wellbeing on camera have been revealed, with staff and students at the University of Bristol exercising their photographic skills to produce some colourful and thought-provoking images.

Student in ChemLabs

Wider use for virtual laboratories

15 May 2013

Dynamic Laboratory Manuals, the innovative, web-based teaching aids, developed by Bristol’s ChemLabs and eBiolabs, have now been rolled out across the Faculty of and to the Faculties of Science, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Dentistry.