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1. REF2021: Sport Science again ranked in top UK universities

   Huge growth in highest quality research outputs and culture

2. Cocoa drinks can boost exercise resistance in middle age

   Scientists in Liverpool have found that cocoa can increase oxygen uptake and make exercising easier for more sedentary people.

3. Sport science students make an impact with nearly 15,000 hours of placements

   From community sports clubs that support people with special educational needs to premier league football clubs, 173 students have undertaken 14,730 hours of work-based placements this academic year.

4. Royal Society funds LJMU partnership with schoolgirl ‘researchers’

   Go-getting school girls hope to springboard into top science careers by undertaking their own research with Liverpool John Moores University.

5. Liverpool FC Women rise to the top with an assist from LJMU

   Liverpool FC Women clinched the title of the FA Women's Championship and promotion earlier this month, thanks in part to the help of backroom sport science experts from LJMU.

6. 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

7. Researchers launch 'world's most advanced nutritional' app

   PhD student David Dunne has worked with Harlequins, QPR and the Ryder Cup team to maximise the physical potential of athletes. Together with ex-PhD Sam Impey, David has raised £450k to launch training companion app Hexis, claimed to be the world's most intelligent nutrition system. He spoke to us to explain more.

8. £1million study to aid fight against malaria

   LJMU and LSTM to investigate insecticide resistance in disease-spreading mosquitoes

9. Individuals ‘can be profiled’ via Virtual Reality platforms

   Study by psychologists raises ethical questions about data capture

10. MSc Sport Physiology and Performance Live Q&A

    Join Dr David Low, MSc Sport Physiology and Performance Programme Leader, for a Live Q&A