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BBC World News, 06.01.09 11:30 UTC

Females 'less physically active' than males at both ends of life

Females are less physically active at both ends of life than their male counterparts, two studies suggest.
Nicky Ridgers  Nicky Ridgers Liverpool John  Liverpool John Moores University  UK Society for Behavioural Medicine  University of Bristol  football 

Nature, 24.12.08 17:30 UTC

Synthetic opals show their colours

Tunable material promises cheap route to electronic books and advertising displays.
Toronto  Opalux  advertising displays  electricity  oil  United Kingdom  +7 more

USA Today, 22.12.08 18:02 UTC

Two 4,300-year-old tombs unveiled near Cairo

SAQQARA, Egypt (AP) — A pair of 4,300-year-old pharaonic tombs discovered at Saqqara indicate that the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought, Egypt's top archaeologist said Monday.
CAIRO  Bristol  Cairo SAQQARA  Egypt  United Kingdom  Djoser  +7 more

Houston Chronicle - World, 22.12.08 17:32 UTC

Two 4,300-year-old tombs unearthed near Cairo

SAQQARA, Egypt A pair of 4,300-year-old pharaonic tombs discovered at Saqqara indicate that the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought, Egypt's top archaeologist ...
CAIRO  Bristol  Cairo SAQQARA  Egypt  United Kingdom  Djoser  +8 more

Telegraph, 17.12.08 16:31 UTC

Scientist offers parents £1 for headlice taken from children's heads

A leading scientist has offered parents £1 for each live headlouse he can retrieve from their child's scalp.
improved coconut oil formation  Cole  Gerald Coles  University of Bristol  GBP 

Nature, 17.12.08 11:01 UTC

Millennium Bridge wobble explained

Balance, not timing, is crucial for amplifying the sway of a footbridge.
LONDON  Arup  River Thames  energy  United Kingdom  Steven Strogatz  +3 more

BBC Sciences, 17.12.08 10:03 UTC

The way people walked across 'wobbly' bridge led to swaying

London's Millennium Bridge "wobbled" so much when it opened because of the way people walked across it, a study by civil engineers has claimed.
LONDON  University of Bristol  London's Millennium Bridge  GBP 

Telegraph, 02.12.08 08:01 UTC

Left-handed children suffer in school

Left-handed children do badly in school compared with their right-handed peers, research claims.
Paul Gregg  Carol Propper  Katharina Janke  Professors Paul Gregg  Economic and Social Research Council  University of Bristol  +2 more

Telegraph, 22.11.08 21:33 UTC

Sharing a bed with a baby does not increase risk of cot death, research shows

Sharing a bed with a baby does not increase the risk of cot death according to a major new study which could change the way infants are cared for.
Glasgow  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome  tiredness  immune systems  United Kingdom  Britain  +3 more

Telegraph, 21.11.08 20:02 UTC

Skin cancer cure laptop stolen

A registrar who had a laptop stolen that contained years of crucial research into finding a cure for skin cancer has called for its safe return.
Bristol  Plastic surgery  skin cancer  Volvo  Tom Chapman  University of Bristol  +1 more
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