World’s rarest great ape virtually wiped out in a century
The survival of the worlds rarest great ape the Tapanuli Orangutan is hanging in the balance, according to a team of scientists.
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Statins research offers new advice to GPs
First comprehensive advice on 'true' and 'false' side effects
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Ancient skeletal hand could reveal evolutionary secrets
A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could show how early humans moved and began to walk upright, according to new research.
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Size really does matter! Professor Satya Sarker talks nanomedicine.
Professor Satya Sarker, Director of the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, has published a new book on nanomedicine. We asked him about advances in this exciting field of science which actually dates back to Asia, 2,500 years ago.
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Our ancient relative who “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape”
New fossils are the missing link that settles a decades old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans
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Experts advising world's governments on 'cleaner' mining
Advising governments and industry on best, or better practices, is a vital job carried out by scientists such as Patrick Byrne of LJMU.
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LJMU to develop sustainable mining practice in the Philippines
LJMU have secured prestigious funding to develop novel approaches to sustainable mining in the Philippines.
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Illegal fish trade challenged by new technology
A GENETIC test developed at LJMU could have a dramatic effect on how the UK polices illegal fishing.
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Climate change ‘opened and closed’ migratory door through Arabia for 400,000 years
One of the driest places on Earth has intermittently been a 'green corridor' for human migration due to historical periods of increased rainfall, according to new research.
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Go ahead for new treatment for Black Bone Disease
A new drug to treat the ultra-rare genetic disease alkaptonuria (AKU) has been given the go-ahead following research in Liverpool.