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Student bike record attempt gathers pace

August 29, 2014: A team of University of Liverpool engineering students is looking for four riders (2 male and 2 female) to take part in a speed challenge to support their attempt to design, build and race the fastest bike in the world. Find out more ...


Big data approach identifies Europe’s most dangerous human and domestic animal pathogens

August 27, 2014: The pathogens posing the greatest risk to Europe based upon a proxy for impact have been identified by University of Liverpool researchers using a ‘big data’ approach to scientific research. Find out more ...


Design Council expertise to boost physics projects

August 20 2014: Research on radiation detectors, robots and an alternative to the GPS system is to receive a boost with news that the University of Liverpool has teamed up with the Design Council to accelerate their commercialisation process. Find out more ...


Secrets of how worms wriggle uncovered

August 20 2014: An engineer at the University of Liverpool has found how worms move around, despite not having a brain to communicate with the body. Find out more ...


Vets join Channel Four team to reveal secret life of dogs

August 18 2014: Veterinary Scientist, Dr Alex German and Veterinary nurse, Shelley Holden have joined presenter, and vet, Mark Evans in a new Channel Four series exploring the secret life of dogs. Find out more ...


The Liverpool View: Public attitudes as hard as the water

August 15 2014: The amount of water at the Earth’s surface is pretty constant, but in many parts of the developed world we are running out of the right sort of water, and our ability to access it. Jonathan Bridge (Lecturer in Environmental Engineering) shares his thoughts. Find out more ...


Carbon dioxide ‘sponge’ could ease transition to cleaner energy

August 12 2014: A sponge-like plastic, developed at the University of Liverpool, which soaks up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2), might ease the transition from polluting fossil fuels and toward new energy sources. Find out more ...