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Wimbledon in focus: How Loughborough research is giving Alfie Hewett a competitive edge (VIDEO)

Alfie Hewett is a man who needs little introduction.

9 July 2025

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Wimbledon in focus: Advantage Loughborough – serving up research and innovation in tennis (VIDEO)

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 is using science to its advantage as new research examines how tennis players can improve the power, accuracy, and consistency of their serve.

30 June 2025

Expert comment: disordered eating in athletes (VIDEO)

From the outside looking in, athletes often appear to be the pinnacle of physical health. But behind the podium places, victory laps, and trophy lifts, a less visible struggle can often be found.

25 June 2025

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麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 scholar awarded prestigious ERC grant for groundbreaking youth research across the Global South

A 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 London academic has been awarded €2.4m in European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant funding to launch a major international research project that will explore how young people across the Global South navigate uncertainty and push for change.

17 June 2025

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Costs for minimum retiree needs have fallen while moderate and comfortable standards see modest rises

The latest update of the Retirement Living Standards (RLS) shows a decrease in the cost of the minimum retirement lifestyle, down to £21,600 per year for a two-person household, due to the impact of lower energy prices and changes in the public’s expectations for this standard.

2 June 2025

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Four Loughborough academics appointed to lead REF 2029 Sub-Panels

The four UK higher education funding bodies, working with the REF Main Panel Chairs and Advisory Panel members, have appointed four deputy chairs from 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 for sub-panels that will assess research in REF 2029.

22 May 2025

UK oil and gas firms face hidden risks in net zero transition

Smaller companies with ageing North Sea assets were especially vulnerable to financial losses, researchers found.

16 May 2025

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Physicists use artificial intelligence to reveal how layered gases and metals melt

A team of physicists – including a Nobel Prize winner – has used artificial intelligence to uncover how layered materials melt and shift between physical states when confined to two dimensions.

8 May 2025

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It costs £1,000-a-year to send your child to state primary school and £2,300 for secondary school - new report

New research reveals that families in the UK must now cover minimum annual education costs of over £1,000 for a primary school child and nearly £2,300 for a secondary school pupil – a sharp rise that far outpaces inflation and earnings growth since 2022.

8 May 2025

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Loughborough set to play pivotal role in new UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 researchers are set to play a pivotal role in the new UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing, established to pioneer brain-inspired, energy-efficient computing technologies.

7 May 2025

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Leicestershire’s universities join Nottingham in ambitious research project where communities can shape research to solve real-life problems

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网, the University of Leicester and De Montfort University are joining forces with Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham in an unprecedented ambitious project which brings together academia and the community to support growth and development, broaden prospects, drive change, and improve wellbeing.

1 May 2025

Pint of Science festival returns to Loughborough

Quench your thirst for knowledge and come along to a series of local science talks led by doctoral researchers and academics from across the University. 

1 May 2025

Richard Whitehead’s 100 marathon challenge – with a little help from 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 (VIDEO)

For many, completing just one marathon in a lifetime is a huge achievement.

24 April 2025

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Loughborough lecturer awarded funding from Academy of Medical Sciences

Dr Amanda Pearce, a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网, has been awarded funding by the Academy of Medical Sciences to tackle dementia, as part of its initiative to support early-career researchers.

7 April 2025

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Hit TV series Adolescence: “your child could receive these types of online messages. It's not out of the ordinary” – 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 expert says (VIDEO)

The hit Netflix series, Adolescence, which delivers a hard-hitting storyline around a social media-fuelled killing and the influence of incel subculture, has highlighted the very real concerns children and young people face navigating the online world.

3 April 2025

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New study aims to reveal the true costs of fixed-term contracts for early career researchers to help improve working conditions and broader research cultures in higher education

C-DICE, the UK’s largest postdoctoral researcher development programme - led by 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网, has launched a new study to explore the wide-ranging impacts of researchers holding fixed-term positions, aiming to foster a supportive and dynamic research community.

2 April 2025

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麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 selected as a UK Sport Social Impact Partner

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 has been announced as one of UK Sport’s first-ever Event Social Impact Partners with the aim of using major events to drive positive change.

27 March 2025

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The world’s first global thematic report on sport trafficking unveils critical insights into exploitation

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网, in partnership with Mission 89 and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch of the British Parliament, has released the first-ever comprehensive global thematic report on sport trafficking.

21 March 2025

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 joins The University of Nottingham to open the Zero Carbon Innovation Centre

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网, in partnership with East Midlands Freeport, Research England and The University of Nottingham, is playing a key role in the newly opened Zero Carbon Innovation Centre (ZCIC). The centre will deliver innovation in transport technology, green hydrogen production, and power solutions for industry and create jobs for the regional economy.

13 March 2025

New study challenges circular fashion’s economic and environmental claims

A new study reveals that circular fashion (CF) – the practice of recycling, reselling, and renting clothing to reduce waste – might not be the green solution it claims to be.

4 March 2025

Children line up in a school canteen waiting to be served their lunch by a dinner lady.

Labelling food with the physical activity required to burn off calories reduces sugary food purchases in secondary school pupils, study finds

A trial at English secondary schools of alternative food labelling – which displayed the number of minutes of physical activity needed to burn off calories – reduced the purchase of sugary foods by a small amount, new research has found.

27 February 2025

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Share your research at Pint of Science Loughborough

The international science outreach festival Pint of Science is returning to Loughborough in May and doctoral researchers, technical and research staff from across the University are encouraged to get involved.

26 February 2025

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Loughborough research leads to rule change in World Wheelchair Rugby

Research conducted by 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 has led to a rule change in World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR), increasing female participation in the sport.

19 February 2025

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 researchers are leading the way in enhancing ethnic diversity and inclusion in sport senior leadership

Dr Steven Bradbury and colleagues from 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences have collaborated with 18 Loughborough-based sports bodies to conduct an innovative research project examining ethnic diversity and inclusion in sports leadership.

3 February 2025

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New research will tackle the global threat of antimicrobial resistance

A 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网-backed research project investigating the development of new treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections is set to launch.

29 January 2025

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