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1. New on-the-spot test against COVID vaccine fraud

   Scientists use spectrometry to identify liquid inside vials

2. Premier League sports psychologists attend Football Exchange conference

   The Football Exchange, from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, hosted its first ‘Psychology of Football’ conference. The event, endorsed by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES), was attended by over 120 delegates, including representatives from every English Premier League club, the Scottish Leagues and women’s football, with practitioners travelling from across the UK, Holland, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, Germany, Slovenia, Portugal, Poland and the US.

3. LJMU undertake unique study which will inform early years education

   Scientists at LJMU are to undertake a pioneering study on children's early number skills which will inform the way young children learn. Read the news story.

4. Study seeks volunteers to help understand hot flushes of menopause

   Three groups of women needed to solve mystery of hot flushes

5. Computer scientists trial rapid information system at Merseyrail stations

   Merseyrail staff will be the first in the country to have delay updates in the palm of their hand.

6. Exercise maintains 'rhythm of life'

   Exercising at a regular time of day may help to ward off mental health conditions by protecting the body's natural circadian rhythms, research suggests.

7. Free to Write

   Exploring the relationship between the written word and prison

8. New 'eye-tracking' study to prevent accidents at home

   Application of neuroscience to design-out home hazards

9. Gold for Astrophysics at Chelsea

   Astrophysicists plant ‘Dark Matter’ at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

10. £10m study to predict heart and stroke disease

    EU's Horizon Programme funds TARGET< a collaboration with 10 countries led by LJMU to use AI models to track common disease evolution