News in 2002
Warning: Penalty shoot-outs can seriously damage your health
Watching penalty shoot-outs can have serious consequences for the health of football fans, according to research by the Universities of Bristol and Birmingham.
RapidScan does it quicker
The hidden hazards of volcanoes
Student 'convicts' escape for charity
President of Ireland awarded honorary degree
Black women still disadvantaged at work
Repeated testing lowers pupils' motivation
Engineering with lime
Lime mortar has been used in building construction for thousands of years. But despite this long history, little is understood about how it behaves.
Down on the farm
Animal welfare can be improved if we better understand the needs of domestic animals. By studying their behaviour and obtaining information from the animals' point of view.
Bristol academics awarded £250,000 for Cyprus antennae health survey
Faster growth in infants born small
Bristol academic honoured
Kathy Sykes appointed one of the judges for the 2002 Gulbenian Prize for Museums and Galleries
TWO-BILLION-YEAR-OLD SURPRISE FOUND BENEATH THE AZORES
It's Party Time
Local students invited to get a headstart
The phenomenon of fluorescence
Although Krupa Pattni, a biochemistry PhD student, and Sophie Pearn, a biology PhD student, study in different departments, their research is linked by the fascinating phenomenon of fluorescence.
Bristol student shortlisted for national prize
Singing for sex
An evening with Ötzi the iceman
Surfing the web with Phileas Fogg
Tim Unwin, Professor of French, gave his inaugural lecture on travel, technology and knowledge. This extract plots a course between two areas he has toured extensively: the novels of Jules Verne and the Internet.
Fighting violence
Academic lawyers, it is often assumed, spend all their time in law libraries poring over the complex detail of Law Reports and Statutes. There is, however, much more to the work of many legal scholars, argues Lois Bibbings, a lecturer at the University's School of Law.
Breaking through the barriers of Autism
Professor Alec Webster, Dr Anthony Feiler and Valerie Webster outline some shifts in thinking about autism and highlight their remarkable results.
Smuggling in Tudor Bristol
Thanks to the work of economic historian Dr Evan Jones, the way we think about 16th-century smuggling may have to change.
How do I look?
The Department of Experimental Psychology are interested in the processes that underlie looking, with a view to contributing to the design of better machines.
Easing the pain
Hyperalgesia is particularly difficult to manage but Professor David Wynick has identified certain genes that could be drug candidates for treating this disabling condition.
The best of friends
Neurotargets awarded European patent for the treatment of nerve damage
Heavy paracetamol use in pregnancy linked to childhood wheezing
Women who frequently use paracetamol in late pregnancy may increase the risk of wheezing in their offspring, new research suggests.
'Shopping list' of parent's worries on the menu at child health and development conference
History revealed from the air
New study will find out best treatment for depression
Education for the 21st century
Sykes to bring science to the people
Exercise could help ward off cancer
Food for thought: science in the kitchen
Pool chemicals do not damage the growth of the unborn child
Gorilla regains full sight in cataract operation by Bristol Zoo Gardens