University of Bristol
Rainforest collapse drove reptile evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming devastated tropical rainforests 300 million years ago. Now scientists report the unexpected discovery that this event triggered an evolutionary burst among reptiles -- and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Measuring poverty
May 2010 saw the launch of the largest-ever research project on Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK. Professor David Gordon, Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, describes the scope and background ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Sea noise adventures
In 1953, Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau published his groundbreaking book The Silent World, which has since sold five million copies and captured the imagination of generations of armchair adventurers. While ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Identifying Eadgyth
When German archaeologists discovered bones in the tomb of Queen Eadgyth in Magdeburg Cathedral, they looked to Bristol to provide the crucial scientific evidence that the remains were indeed those of the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 26, 2010 |
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Scientists develop new DNA technique to aid crops and trees at risk from deadly 'honey fungus'
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has developed a new technique to aid crops at risk from a devastating agricultural parasite commonly known as the 'honey fungus', one of the most serious ...
Nov 25, 2010 |
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New research on developmental co-ordination disorder
New research has found children with developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) previously known as dyspraxia have an increased risk of difficulties in attention, reading, short-term memory and social skills.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Britons pessimistic about future of finances
The economic climate has made Britons more pessimistic about their future financial situation than they were a year ago, reflecting a general international trend towards increased financial anxiety, according to the latest ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 12, 2010 |
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New link between growth factors and early prostate cancer found
A new study by researchers from the University of Bristol, presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) conference today, has found potential new biomarkers for very early prostate cancer in men with no symptoms ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Plight of farmland birds identified with new research
Farmland birds that are poorer parents and less "brainy" are faring worse than other farmland bird species, a study at the University of Bristol has found.
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Poor children twice as likely to begin school with behavior problems
Behavior problems are significantly more common among children from disadvantaged backgrounds and are strongly apparent in the pre-school years, according to the preliminary findings of new research carried ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 02, 2010 |
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GM safety debate may have new twist
By studying plant-fungi-bacteria interactions at plant wound sites, the team have identified a natural process stimulated by a hormone released by the wounded plant that would allow synthetic genes to move ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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A speed gun for the Earth's insides
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Bristol reveal today in the journal Nature that they have developed a seismological 'speed gun' for the inside of the Earth. Using this technique they will b ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2010 |
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'Junk DNA' uncovers the nature of our ancient ancestors
The key to solving one of the great puzzles in evolutionary biology, the origin of vertebrates -- animals with an internal skeleton made of bone -- has been revealed in new research from Dartmouth College ...
Oct 20, 2010 |
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I win, you lose: Brain imaging reveals how we learn from our competitors
Learning from competitors is a critically important form of learning for animals and humans. A new study has used brain imaging to reveal how people and animals learn from failure and success.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Dogs may be pessimistic too
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study has gained new insight into the minds of dogs, discovering that those that are anxious when left alone also tend to show 'pessimistic' like behaviour.
Oct 11, 2010 |
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