Search the LJMU website

1. Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas

   There are similar concentrations of microplastic pollution on the seabed in Antarctica as in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, scientists have found.

2. eDoc - A new postgraduate online progression system

   eDocs launch coincided with the centenary of the PhD qualification in the UK

3. Girlguides set for LJMU Science & Engineering Day

   Hundreds of young girls are set for an inspiring day of Science and Engineering at LJMU this Saturday, March 7.

4. 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.

5. Young people in care show their creativity

   Young people in care across the country have shown their creative talent as part of an LJMU contest.

6. How nature can benefit our economy

   Liverpool John Moores University is supporting plans to embed natures benefits for a more resilient and healthy economy in the Liverpool City Region.

7. Smart meter data could help identify dementia

   Energy use patterns from smart meter data could be used to help identify whether people are suffering from conditions such as dementia and depression, computer scientists have shown.

8. Pandemics and public health: have we found our new normal? - Conan Leavey and Graeme Mitchell, Public Health Institute, LJMU

   It was only a relatively short time ago - in March this year - that the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic. We know now that it is likely to be many, many months before the UK pronounces its outbreak over; and certainly years before it is over globally.

9. Sea pollution explored in new podcast

   Academics at Leeds Beckett and Liverpool John Moores Universities are using sound - and the short stories of Merseyside writer, Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) - to bring to life the magnitude of plastic pollution in our seas.

10. Global impact for publication on lack of exercise under ‘lockdown’

    Research which highlights changes to the human body during lockdown and other sedentary situations is having a huge impact among scientists worldwide.