The majority of people support strong actions being taken to restrain the spread of harmful misinformation through social media according to a news article published by the University of Exeter on February 9
Being overweight in childhood increases the risk of developing type 1 diabetes in later life, according to the findings of a new study that analysed genetic data on over 400,000 individuals.
Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that body size is more important than body shape in determining the energy economy of swimming for aquatic animals.
Vigorous exercise does not produce significantly more respiratory particles than speaking, but high-intensity exercise does, finds new University of Bristol-led research.
New research shows that lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman’s risk of developing womb cancer*, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study led by the University of Bristol and published today [19 April] in BMC Medicine**.
A new systematic review and meta-analysis published in the scientific journal Addiction and led by University of Bristol researchers shows that maternal prenatal smoking is associated with offspring attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) but is unlikely to be the cause of it.
People who have difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep had higher blood sugar levels than people who rarely had sleep issues, new research has found.
Identifying genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease is essential if we are to improve our understanding and treatment of it.
Antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin have little effect on the need for life support in COVID-19, but they may improve survival in the following months according to a new international study led in the UK by researchers at the University of Bristol and Imperial College London.
Researchers from the University of Bristol have found that there have been increases in incident prescribing of most anti-anxiety medications (called anxiolytics) in recent years, which have been substantial in young adults (aged under 25).
Climate cooling associated with sulphur gases directly contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs, research carried out at the Universities of St Andrews and Bristol has found.
Researchers at the University of Bristol have reportedly discovered an alloy that increases strength at more than -250 degrees Celsius, which would make it the toughest material known to man.
Researchers, led by the University of Bristol, have shown that the earliest jaws in the fossil record were caught in a trade-off between maximising their strength and their speed.
A new target in the brain which underpins the eliciting of anxiety and fear behaviours such as ‘freezing’ has been identified by neuroscientists.
Only one in three patients are diagnosed with broken bones in the back due to osteoporosis.
New research from the universities of Surrey and Bristol and ESPCI Paris has shown that FFP2 (filtering facepiece) respirator masks are five times more efficient at filtering particles which carry the Covid-19 virus than cloth masks.
SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals could have different variants hidden in different parts of the body.
Drugs that repair damage to a gel-like layer in the tiny blood vessels of the heart could present a much-needed treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes, according to University of Bristol-led research funded by the British Heart Foundation and published today in Diabetologia.
Scientists have found further evidence to support the idea that the primary two domains of life, the Archaea and Bacteria, are separated by a long phylogenetic tree branch and therefore distantly related.
Astronomers have made the first detailed measurements of an alien water cycle on a planet 855 light-years from Earth.