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Dolphins Form Largest Alliance Network Outside Humans, Study Finds

Male bottlenose dolphins form the largest known multi-level alliance network outside humans, an international team led by researchers at the University of Bristol have shown.

New Study Links Ultra-Processed Foods and Colorectal Cancer in Men

Researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy found that men who consumed high rates of ultra-processed foods were at higher risk for developing colorectal cancer than those who did not

MIT’s MOXIE Experiment Reliably Produces Oxygen on Mars

Day and night, and across seasons, the instrument generates breathable oxygen from the Red Planet’s thin atmosphere.

Brain Activity During Sleep Differs in Young People with Genetic Risk of Psychiatric Disorders

Young people living with a genetic alteration that increases the risk of psychiatric disorders have markedly different brain activity during sleep, a study led by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff published in the journal eLife shows.

Recovery from a Hip Fracture Varies Widely Among NHS Hospitals, Study Finds

How well patients recover after a hip fracture varies enormously between NHS hospitals in England and Wales and in some hospitals one in ten patients died within a month of their fracture, a new study has found.

Volcanic Super Eruptions Are Millions of Years in the Making – Followed by Swift Surge

Researchers at the University of Bristol and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre have discovered that super-eruptions occur when huge accumulations of magma deep in the Earth’s crust, formed over millions of years, move rapidly to the surface disrupting pre-existing rock.

Robot Helps Reveal How Ants Pass on Knowledge

Scientists have developed a small robot to understand how ants teach one another.

Weird and Wonderful World of Fungi Shaped by Evolutionary Bursts, Study Finds

Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that the vast anatomical variety of fungi stems from evolutionary increases in multicellular complexity.

Scientists Relieved to Discover ‘Curious’ Creature with No Anus Is Not Earliest Human Ancestor

An international team of researchers have discovered that a mysterious microscopic creature from which humans were thought to descend is part of a different family tree.

Sexual Enjoyment Following Childbirth Is Not Altered by Different Delivery Methods, Research Suggests

Sexual enjoyment in the years following childbirth is unaffected by the way in which the baby is delivered, according to new research.

Landmark Study Shows Consistent Approaches to Surgical Innovation Are Urgently Needed

A consistent approach to NHS policies on surgical innovation is urgently needed, a landmark study by University of Bristol researchers has shown.

The Soil Talks Back

Learning to decipher this language might help grow better crops or increase production of plant-based drugs

GORKY Protein Turns Bitter Tomatoes Sweet

A huge new database helps reveal tomato riddles and may facilitate the breeding of delicious, disease-resistant tomatoes

Creating the Cells That Can Be Everything and More

Removing a newly discovered “lock” from DNA’s packaging can restore limitless abilities to early cells

Desperate Cancer Cells

Desperate times call for desperate measures, says an ancient proverb, but whoever coined it surely could not have imagined that it would hold so true on such small scales.

Putting Liquid Biopsies on Solid Ground: Cancer Diagnosis from a Milliliter of Blood

If larger studies confirm the results of a Weizmann Institute innovation, diagnosing cancer may one day be as easy as taking blood

The Tiny Nanotube That Can

Adding to nanotubes' abilities: superconductors and solar cells

Turning Carbon Dioxide into Valuable Products

Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.

Whole-genome sequencing technique helps identify, treat mitochondrial diseases

The mitochondria are organelles within the cells of all eukaryotic organisms that produce the energy to fuel the cells.

How the Brain Focuses on What’s in Mind

When holding information in mind, neural activity is more focused when and where there are bursts of gamma frequency rhythms.