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Sustainable start-ups scoop £30,000 in University contest
20 June 2024
A start-up that is fighting fast fashion by digitising customers’ wardrobes has won a share of £30,000 in funding.
- Clever clothes! Seams in clothing can capture body movement 3 July 2024 Everyday clothing may soon be able to capture and record body movements according to new research published by the Universities of Bristol and Bath.
- Scientists create world’s most amazingly difficult maze with future potential to boost carbon capture 2 July 2024 In new research physicists have wielded the power of chess to design a group of intricate mazes, which could ultimately be used to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
- Regenerated Large Blue butterfly takes flight on film screenings open to all 1 July 2024 Bristol is a city famous for its blue glass, but the beautiful Large Blue butterfly, once almost extinct, is perhaps lesser known.
- Message from the Vice-Chancellor: 1 July 2024 1 July 2024 It has nearly been eight months since the start of the Israel-Gaza conflict. My team and I recognise the deep distress that many members of our community are experiencing as a result of these tragic events. I am writing to update you on what has been happening since I last wrote to you.
- £1.74 million to improve life-saving potential of stem cell treatment for blood cancer 1 July 2024 Outcomes for patients with blood cancer could be improved in future thanks to a £1.74 million Cancer Research UK award. The University of Bristol-led research, comprising an international team of scientists and clinical academics, will investigate why stem cell transplantation, which is used to treat blood cancers, cures the disease in some patients but can fail or cause severe side effects in others.
- ‘Prehistoric Pompeii’ - Trilobites killed by volcanic ash reveal features never seen before 27 June 2024 Some of the most perfectly preserved trilobite fossils ever found have revealed details of the extinct arthropod unknown until now.
- Donate political leaflets to Bristol’s unique election archive 27 June 2024 With the July 4 General Election less than a week away, political parties are ramping up their campaigns and delivering plenty of promotional literature through letterboxes across the country in a bid to secure precious votes.
- Ammonites’ fate sealed by meteor strike that wiped out dinosaurs 27 June 2024 Ammonites were not in decline before their extinction, scientists have found.
- World at their fingertips: Bristol researchers make robotic hand breakthrough 27 June 2024 The University of Bristol has made a key breakthrough in the development of tactile robotic hands.
- Majority of female cancer survivors at low risk of developing most obstetric complications 26 June 2024 The majority of women who have survived a cancer diagnosed age 15-39 are at low risk of obstetric complications, a new study has found.