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1. From Lab Bench to Backbench

   Dr Andreea Font from the Astrophysics Research Institute at Liverpool John Moores University is swapping a lab coat for legislation as she visits Justin Madders MP, at the House of Commons

2. 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.

3. Exercise during chemotherapy reduces tumour growth

   World-first: study demonstrates exercise promotes tumour regression in humans

4. Astronomers find the nearest massive black hole to Earth

   Scientists from LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute part of team to discover Earth's nearest Black Hole

5. Scientists discover the dawn of spoken language evolution

   Why did our ancestors combine a consonant with a vowel to make up the first word? Scientists from several institutes have found some clues to the answer.

6. Personality is consistent according to cockroaches

   A team of scientists from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Manchester have released the findings of a personality study.

7. Exciting development opportunity for women to undertake action learning with peers from North West universities

   We are pleased to offer this development opportunity for up to 15 women working in academic and professional services roles to take part in cross institutional action learning sets with peers from universities in the North West region. Action learning provides a unique space for women to support each other to overcome work and career related challenges. This opportunity has been taken up previously by 150 women. Participant feedback includes: it was not role specific, so there were a range of individuals with different roles/skills/perspective which enriched my experience and It provided a rare opportunity to discuss issues confidentially outside of ones own workplace which helped me to develop more self-confidence and self-awareness.

8. Elite sport stars deliver guest lectures

   The guest lecturers included Premier league football coach Mike Phelan and England International netball player Sara Bayman.

9. Exhibition of composite images reveals faces of 19th and 21st Century crime

   The difference between the fates of ordinary people and criminals is ‘paper thin’, as demonstrated by a new exhibition of composite facial images of 19th Century and 21st Century criminals.

10. Draining peatlands for agriculture adds 'huge pulse' to global warming

    New research has calculated the damage done by farmers converting tropical peat swamps to oil palm plantations.