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Researchers from the Department for Health are looking for people living in and around Bath to try out a brand new online programme that will give them new insights into how the human body works, and what impact different life events have on their wellbeing. The programme aims to help participants improve their fitness and diet.

A smartphone app that could help smokers stick to New Year's resolutions to quit has been developed by academics at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Kingston University. Cigbreak Free works like a regular smartphone game, with players having to complete tasks to progress through levels and gain rewards.

In this edition: Micrometeorites found in city gutters, a new space for entrepreneurial students and scientific adventures at the latest Fringe event.

Researchers from the University have devised new scientifically-based and nationally-recognised fitness tests and standards, against which the physical capacity of the country's 50,000 firefighters can be evaluated.

University of Bristol research associate Asier Marzo demonstrated a mid-air display of 'floating pixels' using soundwaves and force fields to Spanish actress and model, Penélope Cruz and actor, Chino Darín, on the Spanish TV programme El Hormiguero.

Technologies such as Hawk-Eye undermine the authority of referees and umpires and are misleading when used in sport, according to a new book by researchers at Cardiff University.

Launched in July this year, Pokémon Go has become a global phenomenon, reaching 500 million downloads within two months of release.

Imperial played at home with Queen's Park Rangers earlier this month in an afternoon of science, football, and 3D printing at White City.

Footballers are mentoring young people in their community after teaming up with a University engagement project.

Bioengineering PhD student and Army Captain Dave Henson MBE won a bronze medal in the T42 200m at the Paralympic Games in Rio this week.

Why do football fans feel so passionate about their team even if it is languishing at the bottom of the league and why is such loyalty so deeply entrenched? New research by the University of Oxford could provide the answer. Anthropologists have discovered that intense experiences of crucial wins and losses shared with fellow fans bind them more tightly to one another and their club.

Men are two to three times more likely than women to be mentioned when it comes to discussing sport and sporting achievement, according to new research by language experts at Cambridge University Press. Women get far less airtime than men and their physical appearance and personal lives are frequently mentioned.

As England celebrates the 50 th anniversary of winning the World Cup, Dr Stacey Pope from the School of Applied Social Sciences discusses the impact this iconic moment in football history had on female fans.

As Wimbledon quarter finals beckon and the semi-finals of are about to kick off, operational research scientists have been looking at what happens when the rules of sport are changed or when existing rules lead to unforeseen consequences.

Grouping young tennis players according to their physical maturity rather than their chronological age could help us develop our future tennis champions, says research by the University of Bath.

PA xx/16 The University of Nottingham and Nottingham City Council have marked the opening of a new 'super' hockey pitch with a trip down memory lane to celebrate the heritage of the University's hockey clubs.

A new study from the Universities of Bath and Bristol suggests current practices for grouping and evaluating young dancers in ballet could be counterproductive.

A new study from researchers in our Department for Health with colleagues at Bristol suggests that current practices for grouping and evaluating young dancers in ballet could be counterproductive, po

Colin Jackson helps novice runners ahead of University-sponsored event Welsh athletics legend Colin Jackson will this Saturday pass on his expert advice to the lucky '500 Club' runners taking part in the IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships, Cardiff 2016, for free.

Five hundred amateur runners are to be given the chance to run the IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships, Cardiff 2016, for free As part of the International Association of Athlet

A poo racing video game which aims to change attitudes towards defecation and bowel health has been launched by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). A second new game, Gene Quest, has also been created to encourage interest in one of the world's largest genetics studies. Both games have been installed at Centre of the Cell, an innovative science education centre based in QMUL's Blizard Institute in Whitechapel.

The expert views and opinions of leading University academics have attracted 1.5m readers worldwide since the launch of an innovative website designed to bridge the gap between journalists and academics.

Christopher Kirkland, Teaching Associate at the University of Sheffield, comments on the methodology used by the BBC in their recent 'Cost of Football' survey.

Working with a highly reputable corporate leader helps managers get promoted to senior positions in the short term, but such a career boost is balanced in the longer-term as competitive job markets, including professional sports, punish those managers who initially benefited.

Centre of the Cell opened its doors to a group of young Londoners to run a full day of game development activities.

Sussex American football coach picks up tips in America The head coach of the American football club at Sussex wanted to learn more about the sport to help his team improve.

On 24 April 2015, QMUL's Centre for Commercial Law Studies convened a group of legal experts to consider and examine issues around gaming an intellectual property law.

A squad of academy players from Liverpool Football Club will be getting a taste of University life later this month when they visit the University of Warwick's Politics and International Studies Department (PAIS).

Government plans to increase participation in rugby within schools fail to take into account data on the serious levels of school rugby-related injury and are happening in the absence of systems for

Sussex wins Varsity for second year running Sussex students retained the Varsity sports cup against local rivals Brighton this weekend, to the delight of a packed home crowd of supporters.

Sussex athletes all set for Stanmer Park The training is almost over and nearly 40 University of Sussex runners are set to race at a national student athletics championships in Stanmer Park tomorrow (31 January).

Stroke survivors can have "significant" improvement in arm movements after using the Nintendo Wii as physiotherapy according to researchers.

The Football Fans in Training (FFIT) programme - a men-only weight loss and healthy living programme delivered in Scottish professional football clubs - has been acclaimed internationally for its success.

  Three years ago, Dr Luke Piggott made headlines worldwide when his research using anti-cancer agent TRAIL discovered that the drug knocked out the protein c-FLIP, which gives stem cells their drug resistance. At the time, he was balancing life as a PhD student and a professional ice hockey player with the Cardiff Devils.

Seagulls thank Sussex for use of sports facilities Following the opening of Brighton and Hove Albion FC's newtraining academy in Lancing, senior executives from the city's football club have gone on

Academic's signal-boosting app heads to more football stadiums A smartphone app - developed by a University of Sussex academic - that boosts phone signal in big stadiums is heading to more football grounds around the country.