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1. Forensics: Advances in scene of crime DNA evidence

   Team explores how tiny traces could help crack criminal cases

2. LJMU staff notices 17 March 2022

   When the weekly newsletter just isn't enough, discover more in this week's staff notices...

3. Rapidly changing climate poses high risk for legacy waste pollution on UK coast

   New research co-authored by hydrologists at LJMU has found that more than 3,000 coastal locations in England and Wales are at risk of pollution from legacy landfill sites due to the changing climate.

4. LJMU goes extra mile for 'hard to reach' students

   Liverpool John Moores University is going the extra mile to support youngsters at risk of missing out on a university education due to the COVID pandemic.

5. Lockdown 2.0: Is time flying towards Christmas?

   One in four of us have experienced time as moving faster or slower than normal since the COVID pandemic began.

6. Recognising excellence in research

   Read more about this years' winners of the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Knowledge Transfer.

7. PFAS: you can’t smell, see or taste these chemicals, but they are everywhere – and they’re highly toxic to humans

   Dr Patrick Byrne, Reader in Hydrology and Environmental Pollution, writes in The Conversation on the growing dangers of 'forever chemicals' - PFAs - in our water resources.

8. Shellfish ease pain of arthritic lions

   Study found big cats walk up to 30% more after taking mussel supplements.

9. Being the change: student sets up Merseyside BLM Alliance to tackle racism through social media

   Members of the LJMU community are actively engaged in the fight for racial equality.

10. We are failing in a key cornerstone of democracy in the UK: justice

    We spoke to Dr Lizz Peatfield JP about the failings of the criminal justice system after the publication of her new book The Reality of Justice in England's lower courts