http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/ Latest news from the University of Bristol en-gb Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:29:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss news-team@bristol.ac.uk news-team@bristol.ac.uk http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/web/terms-conditions.html 60 Search news archive by keyword news_text http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/news-results.html http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/ http://www.bristol.ac.uk/images/rss.logo.gif http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8220.html A new study by academics from the University of Bristol's School of Oral and Dental Sciences suggests stripping some mouth bacteria of their access key to gangs of other pathogenic oral bacteria could help prevent gum disease and tooth loss. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8220.html Press releases http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8222.html A merger between Gay Elms Primary School and Merchants’ Academy, which is co-sponsored by the University of Bristol, has been delayed. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:25:03 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8222.html Other news http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8221.html Solar energy and subsea oil and gas industries are just some of the topics to be covered by Inside Track, a new seminar series launched by the Faculty of Engineering in January. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:13:22 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8221.html Other news http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8219.html Researchers from the University of Bristol and Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems have presented a methodology that uses mathematics to exploit easily obtainable information to a greater effect and as a result can reduce the amount of additional data that needs to be collected. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:30:41 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8219.html Press releases http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8218.html The University invites research staff to submit entries for the Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Award 2012. The deadline for entries is Thursday 5 April. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:04:53 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8218.html Staff notices http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8217.html In the UK, the exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most common initial test for the evaluation of stable chest pain and has been used widely for almost half a century. However, recent NICE guidelines recommend that it should not be used to diagnose or exclude stable angina in patient assessments. New research published in the BMJ Open finds that the test has other uses that transcend its technical contribution to diagnosis. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8217.html Press releases http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8210.html The love song of an extinct cricket that lived 165 million years ago has been brought back to life by scientists at the University of Bristol. The song was reconstructed from microscopic wing features on a fossil discovered in North East China. It allows us to listen to one of the sounds that would have been heard by dinosaurs and other creatures roaming Jurassic forests at night. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8210.html Press releases http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8216.html A national online debating competition has been launched by industrious students at the University of Bristol through the Erudition website – now the most popular student-run online news magazine in the country. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:24:30 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8216.html Press releases http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8213.html The University will be holding its first Employability Skills Day for students on 16 February 2012. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:26:14 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8213.html Other news http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8212.html The British Science Association is inviting applications for its 2012 Media Fellowship scheme, which gives scientists with a chance to gain first-hand experience of how science is reported. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:45 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8212.html Other news http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8211.html In a paper just published in Nature Chemistry, a team of University of Bristol scientists explores whether new models or concepts are needed to tackle one of the ‘grand challenges’ of chemical biology: understanding enzyme catalysis. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:10:45 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8211.html Other news http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8215.html Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they are given makes things worse. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8215.html Press releases http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8188.html The London Marathon will take on an extra-special meaning for one Bristol alumnus as he aims to complete the gruelling 26 mile course in honour of the University of Bristol’s recently retired Registrar Dr Tony Rich, who is battling the disease. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8188.html Press releases http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8208.html Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:31:12 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8208.html Press releases http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8207.html Emma Holland, formerly manager of the Centre for East Asian Studies, died tragically young in December. Professor Ray Forrest pays tribute to 'an outstanding administrator and manager' who had 'a wonderful, if sometimes wicked, sense of humour'. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:07:42 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8207.html Obituaries