University of Liverpool

The mineralogy of the rocks determines how deadly a meteorite impact is

SpaceJanuary 3, 2022

Size doesn’t matter!

Earth’s magnetic field weakens every 200 million years

ScienceAugust 21, 2021

Further evidence of an approximately 200 million-year long cycle in the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field.

Fish can experience pain, study

ScienceOctober 7, 2019

Fish also perform competing for tasks less well when treated with a putative painful stimulus.

Study predicts modest impact from additional dose of rotavirus vaccine

HealthAugust 16, 2019

Giving children an additional dose of rotavirus vaccine when they are nine months old would provide only a modest improvement in the vaccine’s effectiveness.

Elephantiasis and river blindness could be eliminated faster with new molecule

HealthJanuary 15, 2019

Elephantiasis (lymphatic filariasis) causes severe swelling in the arms, legs, breasts or genitals that can become very painful, and river blindness (onchocerciasis) causes severe...

New project to discover what words babies know

ScienceNovember 26, 2018

When do babies start to talk? What are their first words? Do girls really learn to talk earlier? How does living in poverty affect...

New insight into Earth’s crust, mantle and outer core interactions

ScienceJune 5, 2018

A new study by the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the Universities of Lancaster and Oslo enlightens a correlation between the movement of plate...

Scientists discovered a wonder drug for alcohol use disorder ineffective

HealthFebruary 26, 2018

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have recently highlighted the ineffectiveness of a specific drug treatment for alcohol use disorders. Baclofen is a pharmaceutical which has been...

Researchers identified a protein that spreads breast cancer to lungs

HealthJanuary 25, 2018

Specialists from the University's Institute of Translational Medicine have discovered a clarification for how breast cancer spreads to the lungs, which could possibly hold...