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1. Women footballers losing out in sport science stakes

   Researcher and graduate discuss women's game on BBC World Service

2. EU Horizon 2020 funding to uncover the ‘dark side’ of the Universe

   We owe our very existence to dark matter. Galaxies as we know them, stars, planets, and people would not exist without its presence. Yet we still have very little understanding of its nature and origin

3. Are we alone? Professor Monica Grady delivers latest Roscoe lecture

   Are we alone? Is there the possibility of life elsewhere beyond the earth? This was the subject of a fascinating lecture on the cosmos and the universe in the latest Roscoe lecture at St Georges Hall, delivered by Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University (OU)

4. Fuelling the Lionesses: how research is changing nutrition practice and culture within the women’s game

   Two recent studies, focused specifically on elite female players, conducted by LJMU's Research Institute of Sports and Exercise Sciences (RISES), are helping the national the team to better understand the nutritional requirements of their female players.

5. Tricks of the trade: debunking psychic abilities

   Forensic anthropologist and mind illusionist, Dr Matteo Borrini, demonstrates the techniques that psychics use to make people believe in paranormal powers.

6. Liverpool's Pandemic Institute pledges £500k to research into monkeypox

   Dr Mark Forshaw successful in funding call

7. Natural Capital Hub - What is it?

   Experts explain how to better manage regional resources

8. Competitive football players have superior vision, LJMU-led study suggests

   A new study lead by LJMU has found that the visual abilities of competitive football players are substantially better than those of healthy non-athletes.

9. Annual survey and audit of teaching space to take place this October

   The annual survey and audit of teaching space will take place across the university between the hours of 9am and 5pm from Monday 23 to Friday 27 October 2023.

10. Tourists say ignorance is bliss - research

    Research shows that far from choosing safe and familiar locations, holidaymakers prefer places they know little about.