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1. Paralympics team GB are Rio ready with LJMU help

   An LJMU student and several LJMU sports experts are behind a cohort of para-athletes who will be going for gold in Rio this week.

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

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

3. Megalith tombs were family graves in European Stone Age

   In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, an international research team, led by Uppsala University with co-author Linus Girdland-Flink of LJMU, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalithic tombs on Ireland and in Sweden.

4. NHS frontline workers are first to graduate in Masters

   "Their dedication to becoming Advanced Healthcare Practitioners was astonishing"

5. 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

6. Wearable tech can double time we commit to exercise

   Medical Research Council-funded study Motivate led by Dr Matt Cocks of the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences

7. In case you missed it: summer recap for staff

   We know many members of staff may have been in and out of the office over the summer months, here’s a recap of what you might have missed to get you up to date ahead of the start of the academic year.

8. Statins research offers new advice to GPs

   First comprehensive advice on 'true' and 'false' side effects

9. Alpine F1 performance coach and jet lag doctoral researcher visits LJMU ahead of new Formula 1 season

   Sport and Exercise Science Professional Doctorate student, Tom Clark, visited LJMU last week in preparation for the start of the new Formula 1 season and to discuss his jet lag research. Tom has spent the past four years working with the Alpine F1 team and specifically their driver Esteban Ocon.

10. New species of human relative discovered on South African Cave

    The discovery of a new species of human relative has shed light on the origins and diversity of our origins.