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03 July 2008
£3.2bn carriers deal secures 250 jobs in Bristol

The Bristol-based design office of Thales UK is a key partner in the £3.2bn aircraft carriers contract signed today by the Ministry of Defence.

01 July 2008
University of Bath academics receive prestigious accolades

Three academics at the University of Bath have been recognised for their achievements in green energy, health and teaching.

25 June 2008
Bristol-based Gnodal secures funding

Bristol-based Gnodal, which is developing a revolutionary technology for use in high performance data centres, has secured finance from the YFM Group managed South West Ventures Fund as part of a £1.1 million funding round.

25 June 2008
UWE launches new Research Institute

Today the University of the West of England (UWE) announced the launch of its new Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment (ISHE)

24 June 2008
New research reveals the true origins of Lyme disease and predicts how it will spread

The bacterium that causes Lyme disease, the fastest growing vector-borne disease in North America, originated in Europe before the Ice Age, says new research by academics at the University of Bath.

22 June 2008
A breakthrough in glass

Imagine a plane that has wings made out of glass. Thanks to a major breakthrough in understanding the nature of glass by scientists at the University of Bristol, this has just become a possibility.

20 June 2008
Looking into our bodies

The University of Bristol is already world-famous for its biomedical research, but following a £2.3 million investment in newly refurbished labs, it will be able to advance techniques that look in even greater detail at what's going on in o

17 June 2008
Clifton college leads a new approach to experiments

Clifton College has teamed up with leading online science video sharing website science.TV to give a year 10 class a unique opportunity to pilot a totally new and innovative style of science activity.

16 June 2008
Rolls-Royce invests in tidal power generation

Rolls-Royce is continuing to invest in renewable energy sources by taking a 23.5 per cent equity stake in TGL, a privately-owned company developing free stream tidal power generation capability.

16 June 2008
Local school pupils to design and race dragster

Pupils in Bath and Wiltshire have been invited to a free, mechanical engineering summer school designed to give them practical engineering experience. The event will be held at the University of Bath from 24-26 June.