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1. LJMU's sustainability recognised

   LJMUs commitment to sustainability and the environment has been recognised with a significant rise up the national ranking of universities.

2. Galaxies are "wasteful" and retain fewer materials needed to build stars and planets, says new study

   Galaxies “waste” large amounts of heavy elements they generate via star formation by ejecting them up to a million light years away

3. Researchers prove herbivore mammals do have bigger bellies

   Dr Carlo Meloro from Liverpool John Moores University, with a team of European scientists, has investigated the volumes of body cavities in a large range of extant and fossil tetrapods and found that plant feeding animals have bigger bellies than their carnivore counterparts.

4. Gold for Astrophysics at Chelsea

   Astrophysicists plant ‘Dark Matter’ at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

5. Cave bears may have been adapting to survive the ice age

   Recent research published in Quaternary Science Reviews on the long extinct cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) has found their attempt to adapt to the growing harshness of the last ice age before their extinction.

6. The ‘Green Hell’ of our ancestors

   Tropical rainforests were once thought unliveable but scientists, including Liverpool John Moores University’s Professor Chris Hunt, are showing that our human ancestors lived in these conditions, and in fact the forests themselves are long-term documents of human action.

7. LJMU sets out its commitment to biodiversity

   LJMU is putting students at the heart of a new campus sustainability plan to protect nature and adapt to climate change in the university’s first Biodiversity Delivery Plan.

8. Discovery of rotating disc around nascent star 'a special moment'

   Finding from ARI, ESO and Durham University could help us understand how stars are born

9. Diane to discuss climate education with Minister

   Lecturer invited to DfE launch at Natural History Museum

10. VC Award 'statuettes' tick sustainable boxes ... and look amazing!

    Stunning awards made from plant starch and containing copper nano-particles will be handed out at the Research and Knowledge Exchange awards next week.