Two Bristol academics are among the 43 UK researchers to have been successful in getting funding as part of the latest round of awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Grants (Standard) Scheme.

A Bristol University genome-wide association study of extreme obesity in young adults has been awarded more than £1 million by the Wellcome Trust.

Professor Nick Norman of the School of Chemistry has successfully completed the 2008 Marathon des Sables, billed as the toughest foot race on Earth.

Over the past 20 years or so, there has been a revolution in the plant world. If you are a gardener you may have noticed that some plants are no longer where they used to be in the guide books because they have been moved into different families. As Professor Simon Hiscock, Director of the Botanic Garden, explains, the reason is ‘molecular phylogenetics’.

How far have we come and what is the future for farm animal welfare? This will be the focus of a public lecture and international conference at Bristol University this week.

People searching the internet for information about suicide methods are most likely to come across sites that encourage suicide rather than sites offering help and support, finds a study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Manchester published in this week's issue of the BMJ.

Aerospace talent and achievement in the Southwest was celebrated on Tuesday 1st April 2008 at the inaugural Achievement Awards ceremony of the Bristol and West of England Consortium for Continuing Professional Development in Aerospace (CPDA).

The University of Bristol is planning to develop two state-of-the-art energy centres that will cut its carbon emissions by nearly a quarter and dramatically increase its energy efficiency.

Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact sixty-five million years ago, which killed half of all species then living.

A review of research examining the effectiveness of different obesity treatments has concluded that no matter what other forms of therapy are offered, changes in lifestyle are imperative if patients want to maximise and maintain their weight loss.

An expert on the history of local industries who tutored at the University of Bristol for 38 years has retired at the age of 80.

A team of scientists from Bristol took Jersey schools by storm in a week of hands-on science events on the island at the beginning of April.