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  • Students help celebrate the Year of the Dragon at Bristol's museums
    University of Bristol students are helping members of the public to celebrate Chinese New Year this weekend [28 to 29 Jan] when they take part in a range of performances at Bristol’s flagship museums to help mark the Year of the Dragon.
  • University of Bristol announces appointment of Registrar and Chief Operating Officer
    The University of Bristol today [27 January] announced the appointment of Robin Geller as Registrar and Chief Operating Officer. Ms Geller, who is currently University Secretary and Registrar at Roehampton University, will take up the appointment in August of this year.
  • Capturing an octopus-eye view of the Great Barrier Reef
    A specialized camera that allows scientists to see as reef-dwelling animals do has been built by a team of researchers at the University of Bristol. The team will travel to Lizard Island off the coast of Queensland this year to capture images of the Great Barrier Reef which they hope will provide new insight into this underwater world.
  • Quantum physicists shed new light on relation between entanglement and nonlocality
    New research from the University of Bristol may disprove a long-standing conjecture made by one of the founders of quantum information science: that quantum states featuring ‘positive partial transpose’, a particular symmetry under time-reversal, can never lead to nonlocality.
  • Scientists map one of life’s molecular mysteries
    All living organisms are made up of cells, behind these intricate life forms lie complex cellular processes that allow our bodies to function. Researchers working on protein secretion — a fundamental process in biology — have revealed how protein channels in the membrane are activated by special signals contained in proteins destined for secretion. The results help explain the underlying mechanism responsible for the release of proteins such as hormones and antibodies into the blood stream.
  • Demystifying robotics
    Six groups of computer science students from the University of Bristol hope to demystify robotics when they present their prototypes to companies at an event today [Thursday 26 January].
  • Learning to 'talk things through in your head' may help people with autism
    Teaching children with autism to 'talk things through in their head' may help them to solve complex day-to-day tasks, which could increase the chances of independent, flexible living later in life, according to new research from Durham University, the University of Bristol and City University London.
  • Bringing engineering to women
    A student-led organisation that aims to increase the number of young women studying engineering, science and technology at university will come together this weekend for an international conference.
  • Web app could find out if a song has the X Factor
    A new web app that allows budding musicians to score their own songs to find out if they have hit potential has been launched by the University of Bristol’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
  • Can gene therapy be used to prevent vein graft disease?
    Gavin Murphy, Reader in Cardiac Surgery in the School of Clinical Sciences at the University of Bristol, has been awarded a grant of over £100,000 from Heart Research UK to investigate gene therapy in vein grafts that are used in heart bypass surgery.

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