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Study links the body’s immune response with schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and bipolar disorder

16 days ago bristol.ac.uk disease neuroscience

Researchers found Gastric Bypass to be most clinically effective for patients and to provide the best value for money for the NHS three years after surgery

46 days ago bristol.ac.uk health

A team of international scientists has invented a substitute for synthetic chemicals, called PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances), which are widely used in everyday products despite being hazardous to health and the environment.

37 days ago bristol.ac.uk chemistry

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs

46 days ago bristol.ac.uk paleontology

Research reveals even cool, wet Northern Ireland is feeling strain of climate change

46 days ago bristol.ac.uk environment ireland

Regular aerobic exercise could significantly reduce disease markers associated with Alzheimer’s, not only by protecting healthy brain cells but also restoring balance in the aging brain

4 months ago bristol.ac.uk brain disease neuroscience

A study found that smartwatches, equipped with a newly developed app by researchers, can help in quitting smoking

4 months ago bristol.ac.uk health

A species of tropical butterfly with unusually expanded brain structures display a fascinating mosaic pattern of neural expansion linked to a cognitive innovation.

6 months ago bristol.ac.uk brain

Daylight saving time messes with sleep, but just for a bit: people lose about an hour of sleep on the Sunday when clocks spring forward and on the Sundays after that

6 months ago bristol.ac.uk health

The discovery of a new blood group, MAL, has solved a 50- year-old mystery, allowing identification and treatment of rare patients lacking this blood group

8 months ago bristol.ac.uk medicine

A new study that examined health data on 18 million people reveals higher incidence of mental illnesses for up to a year following severe COVID-19 in unvaccinated people

8 months ago bristol.ac.uk covid medicine

Butterflies accumulate static electricity to attract pollen without contact

9 months ago bristol.ac.uk

An international team of researchers has shed light on Earth’s earliest ecosystem, showing that within a few hundred million years (4.2 billion) of planetary formation…

10 months ago bristol.ac.uk earth

Toddlers' brains show significant growth in cognitive skills by 16 months: child’s first two years of life are crucial for developing cognitive skills, particularly executive functions that help adjust thoughts…

10 months ago bristol.ac.uk neuroscience

There’s a link between low levels of omega-3s and symptoms of psychosis in young adults aged 24

11 months ago bristol.ac.uk health

Restricting the choice of flavoured vapes in e-cigs could have an adverse effect on the many adults who use them to reduce or quit smoking, because the lack of flavours it might lead them back to smoking

11 months ago bristol.ac.uk health

A decade long study reveals that at least 60% of the genetic diversity found in a historic collection of wheat is unused, providing an unprecedented opportunity to improve modern wheat and sustainably feed an increasing global population

11 months ago bristol.ac.uk biology genetics

Trilobites killed by volcanic ash

10 months ago bristol.ac.uk

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11 months ago bristol.ac.uk paleontology

A randomized trial (n= 5,602) found people randomly recommended to use the Drink Less app reduced their drinking by 39 units a week at 6 months – 2 more units a week on average than a control group who were referred to standard NHS advice

13 months ago bristol.ac.uk psychology trial

We can learn to be happy, but only get lasting benefits if we keep practising, a first-of-its-kind study has revealed

14 months ago bristol.ac.uk psychology

New research has shown a new type of inhibitor drug, a ‘heparanase inhibitor, could prevent microvascular diabetic complications, such as diabetic eye and kidney disease

15 months ago bristol.ac.uk diabetes disease medicine

30cm worm fossil more than half a billion years old discovered in Greenland

16 months ago bristol.ac.uk

UK study has found that 1 in 3000 patients (in UK and over 1 year period), experience cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation during anaesthesia

17 months ago bristol.ac.uk medicine

Bioengineered stem cell 'plasters' promise fewer surgeries for children with congenital heart disease

17 months ago bristol.ac.uk disease medicine

Company founded by University of Bristol develops medical fusion reactor

17 months ago bristol.ac.uk

Scientists have uncovered why night shift work is associated with changes in appetite and increase in weight: circadian misalignment can profoundly alter the brain’s regulation of hormones controlling hunger to the detriment of metabolic health

19 months ago bristol.ac.uk brain health

Scientists developed machine learning software that can detect multiple facial expressions at once that are hidden to the human eye, in a new study using videos from headcams worn by babies during interactions with their parents

19 months ago bristol.ac.uk psychology video

Researchers report the sighting of two ice giant exoplanets colliding around a Sun-like star 1,800 light years away from Earth

19 months ago bristol.ac.uk astronomy earth

Primate species with better colour vision are not more likely to have red skin or fur colouration, as previously thought

20 months ago bristol.ac.uk

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