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1. Cosmic explosions offer new clue to how stars become Black Holes

   Scientists have witnessed for the first time exactly what happens to the most massive stars at the end of their lives.

2. Royal Astronomical Society award for ARI’s ‘virtual universes’

   Simulations of Space aid public and scientific understanding of science

3. Space expert Renske on the excitement around the James Webb Space Mission.

   ARI researcher on BBC News to describe the search for the beginning of the Universe.

4. First DNA study of ancient Eastern Arabians reveals malaria adaptation

   Paper in Cell Genomics starts to tell story of life and population of Bahrain

5. New research opportunities with GROWTH for the Astrophysics Research Institute

   The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) has been named as an official partner in the GROWTH scientific collaboration.

6. World record attempt for fastest human powered vehicle

   Sports scientists from Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University have helped to select riders to take on the World Human Power Speed Challenge, due to take place in September 2015.

7. Honorary Fellowship: Rt Hon Frank Field MP

   Liverpool John Moores University awards Honorary Fellowship to Frank Field MP at Liverpool Cathedral on Tuesday 12 July 2016.

8. Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas

   There are similar concentrations of microplastic pollution on the seabed in Antarctica as in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, scientists have found.

9. Graduate and Placement Jobs Fair

   The Graduate and Placement Jobs Fair takes place on Wednesday 18 October at the Student Life Building, 12-3pm. It will feature 60+ organisations from a range of sectors looking to hire students from across all courses and disciplines. If you have a disability, health condition or are neurodivergent and find busy fairs can be overwhelming, join us from 11am for our accessibility hour.

10. Nanotech to lengthen life-span of electric vehicles

    Electric vehicles (EVs) are an important part of meeting global goals on climate change, but with more than half of their emissions coming in the manufacturing phase, product duration is key to ensuring EVs remain low-carbon emitters.