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Widespread coverage for research on shape-shifting mobile devices

30 April 2013

Research by Dr Anne Roudaut and Professor Sriram Subramanian in the Department of Computer Science about prototype mobile devices that can change shape on-demand received widespread media coverage in the UK and across the world.

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Engineering research makes front-page news

22 April 2013

An article about pioneering research into energy and CO2 reduction, led by Professor Joe McGeehan in the University's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was the front-page story in the Bristol Post.

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National media coverage on news that donations to universities has hit record high

11 April 2013

Professor Eric Thomas, Vice Chancellor of the University of Bristol and Tania Rawlinson, Director of Campaigns and Alumni Relations at the University and Chair of the Ross Group - a network of higher education fund-raisers, have commented to national media on the results of a fundraising survey in the UK higher education sector.

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Bristol researcher comments on proposals to ban pesticides to save bees

5 April 2013

Dr Heather Whitney, from the School of Biological Sciences, has been interviewed by BBC News about the call for pesticides to be banned in light of declining bee numbers.

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Breadline Britain – special broadcast ITV [28 March]

28 March 2013

The first results from the largest and most authoritative study of poverty and deprivation ever conducted in the UK will be broadcast on ITV at 7.30pm on Thursday 28 March in a special Tonight programme on ‘Breadline Britain’.

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National media coverage for study into premature death of people with learning disabilities

21 March 2013

The findings of a three-year study into the extent of premature death in people with learning disabilities, which found that those with learning disabilities are more likely to have a premature death compared with individuals in the general population, has been covered widely in the national media.

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What happens inside a chrysalis?

14 March 2013

How the simple breathing tubes of a caterpillar become the intricate respiratory system of a butterfly is captured in footage featured in the BBC Four documentary Metamorphosis: The Science of Change this week. The footage was assembled by a team of scientists including Professor Kate Robson Brown, an archaeologist from the University of Bristol.

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New Alzheimer's clinical trial makes front-page news

11 March 2013

A groundbreaking clinical trial into Alzheimer's, led by Dr Patrick Kehoe in Bristol University's Dementia Research Group, was the front-page story on national newspaper, the Daily Express.

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Bristol engineer featured in the Evening Post

11 March 2013

Dr Thilo Gross, a Reader in the Department of Engineering Mathematics, was featured in the Evening Post about the Königsberg bridge problem.

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Widespread coverage for research on floral electrical fields

22 February 2013

Research by Professor Daniel Robert, Dr Heather Whitney and Dominic Clarke in the School of Biological Sciences which found that bees and flowers communicate using electrical fields received widespread media coverage in the UK and across the world.