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1. Energy from plants - how hybrids can boost biomass production

   Plant biologists show methods to improve Miscanthus hybrids to optimise seed production

2. How can dance help our mental health - new research

   Psychologist Valentina Cazzato collaborates with Edge Hill in AHRC-funded project to understand the neuroscience of dance as therapy

3. 'The circus has not packed up yet' - politics lecturer on Westminster soap-opera

   From Partygate to Truss v Lettuce, the current psycho-drama at Westminster is at once bewildering and confusing. Paul Anderson, senior lecturer in International Relations and Politics, has been guiding listeners of BBC Merseyside through the daily soap opera dominating our front pages. We spoke to him ….

4. Move over Sir Alan Sugar: Graduate start-ups on the rise at LJMU

   The number of active Graduate Start Ups are still on the rise at LJMU according to the latest annual Higher Education – Business and Community Interaction survey (HE-BCI).

5. Have you seen or experienced something that made you feel uncomfortable? Report it.

   Report and Support is LJMU's harassment and sexual misconduct reporting platform.

6. Gouldian finches black-headed females taking the lead when faced with possible danger

   Endangered species like the Gouldian finch struggle in adapting to ever increasing habitat change, but black-headed females are leading the way in their survival.

7. When public money is tight, how do governments put a price on culture?

   Economist Dr Steve Nolan and sociologist Dr Rafaela Neiva Ganga write in The Conversation about how to measure the value of city culture in Liverpool and elsewhere

8. £10m study to predict heart and stroke disease

   EU's Horizon Programme funds TARGET< a collaboration with 10 countries led by LJMU to use AI models to track common disease evolution

9. Next-gen smart road surfaces prove potential

   Yangming Gao and Patryk Kot publish first lab trial results of electronic self-sensing asphalt in the international journal of Construction and Building Materials

10. Student's 'one-in-a-million' job offer

    A LJMU student was astounded after a private message to marketing guru Steven Bartlett landed him a job within 10 minutes.