New Insights Into Dark Zone at the Margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet
New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol has revealed new insights into how the microscopic algae that thrives along the edge of…
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Deaf Moths Evolved Noise-Cancelling Scales to Evade Prey – More Efficient Than Current Sound Engineering Technology
Some species of deaf moths can absorb as much as 85 percent of the incoming sound energy from predatory bats — who use echolocation to…
Antarctica’s Biggest Glacier Is Thinning in Patterns Opposite to Previously Observed
Using the latest satellite technology from the European Space Agency (ESA), scientists from the University of Bristol have been tracking patterns of mass loss from…
Intriguing Details of Giant Straight-Tusked Elephants Chronicled in New Study
About 800,000 years ago, the giant straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon migrated out of Africa and became widespread across Europe and Asia. It divided into many species,…
Reports of Huge Reductions in This Potent Greenhouse Gas Are Wrong – Emissions Are Soaring
Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University…
Medieval England Birch Bark Tar Usage Revealed in New Archaeological Discoveries
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the British Museum, in collaboration with Oxford Archaeology East and Canterbury Archaeological Trust, have, for the first time,…
Discovery Reveals Tractionless Self-Propulsion Is Possible
In an article published in Physical Review Letters on December 13, 2019, Bristol scientists have answered the fundamental question: “Is it possible to move without…
Study Finds Probiotics and Prebiotics Work Differently in Girls and Boys
The team from the Universities of Bristol and Reading found that 28-day old piglets produced very different levels of immune cells, antibodies, and other immune-associated…
What Came First, the Animal or the Embryo? New Research Has Answer
Animal embryos evolved before animals. Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors, before diversifying into 30 or 40 distinct anatomical designs. When and how animal ancestors made…
It Seems There Were Too Many Meat-Eating Dinosaurs – This May Be the Explanation
A big problem with dinosaurs is that there seems to be too many meat-eaters. From studies of modern animals, there is a feeding pyramid, with…
The Last Mass Extinction Event Occurred 66 Million Years Ago – Here’s How Ocean Ecosystems Recovered
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, have produced an unprecedented record of the biotic recovery of ocean ecosystems that followed…
Mantis: Affordable and Accessible Haptic Force Feedback [Video]
Imagine being able to build and use a robotic device without the need for expensive, specialist kit or skills. That is the vision that researchers…
First Ticklish Devices Created With Bio-Driven Artificial Skin [Video]
A new interface developed by researchers in Bristol and Paris takes touch technology to the next level, by providing an artificial skin-like membrane for augmenting…
Physicists Challenge the Accepted Wisdom on How Liquids Behave With Other Materials
Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), challenge the accepted wisdom on wetting and drying phase behavior. The authors…
Archaeological Find: Prehistoric Babies Fed Animal Milk in Bottles
A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found the first evidence that prehistoric babies were fed animal milk using the equivalent…
Taking Acetaminophen During Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Behavior Problems
The research published to be published today, September 15, 2019, in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology examined whether there were any effects of taking acetaminophen (also…
Warning: Hidden Danger From Pet Dogs Discovered
Researchers at the Universities of Abuja and Nigeria, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, have detected a potentially human-infective microbe in pet dogs in…
65 Year Old Math Puzzle Finally Solved With Ingenuity and a Supercomputer
Sum of three cubes for 42 finally solved – using real life planetary computer. Hot on the heels of the ground-breaking ‘Sum-Of-Three-Cubes’ solution for the…