Imperial computer science and engineering research best in UK: REF 2021
Imperial’s Faculty of Engineering is celebrating its research being ranked best in the UK for both computer science and engineering.
Great Exhibition Road Festival returns this summer, celebrating arts and science
Exhibition Road will host a vibrant festival next month, celebrating the ideas, people and communities that are changing our world.
Ocean carbon and plastic-eating microbes: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Singing techniques can improve quality of life and breathlessness after COVID-19
An online breathing and wellbeing programme can help to improve quality of life and breathlessness for people recovering from COVID-19.
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Podcast: Making malaria history, psychedelics for depression and a new diet
In this edition: We discover what it will take to eradicate malaria, how psychedelics affect the depressed brain, and how a new diet can keep us full.
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“I want to pass on the belief to be confident in yourself and your ability”
For the second year, Imperial students will mentor Black A-Level students with the aim of removing barriers to top-tier universities.
Magic mushroom compound increases brain connectivity in people with depression
Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, helps to “open up” depressed people’s brains, even weeks after use, a study has found.
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Mechanosensory system found on insect wings could inform future wing designs
Researchers studying dragonflies have put together the most complete description of an insect wing sensory system ever recorded.
Making cancer vulnerable and building bridges with MPs: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
AI based on Imperial research beats world champion bridge players
A ‘next generation’ artificial intelligence has beaten the records of eight world champion bridge players for the first time.
Unique ‘virtual wind tunnel’ could help optimise Mars-bound helicopter blades
A simulator created by researchers at Imperial could help to design rotor blades for the next generation of Martian helicopters.
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Engineering extra limbs and austerity food purchases: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
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Imperial pioneer wins UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize
An Imperial Regius Professor of Engineering has won the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences.
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Bendy robotic arm twisted into shape with help of augmented reality
Imperial researchers have designed a malleable robotic arm that can be guided into shape by a person using augmented reality (AR) goggles.
Modified mosquitoes and ‘zombie’ cells: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Imperial receives Queen’s Anniversary Prize for ‘world-class’ COVID-19 response
Imperial College London has been recognised for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic at a Queen’s Anniversary Prize presentation this week.
£2.1 million grant for research into brain activity ‘avalanches’
Researchers working to understand how the brain functions in various states of health have received a £2.1 million grant for their project.
E-mobility transition and DNA disease clues: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Engineers create spiky materials inspired by insects that could pop bacteria
Researchers have created intricately patterned materials that mimic antimicrobial, adhesive and drag reducing properties found in natural surfaces.
Yeast cells converted to ‘mini factories’ to make dementia drugs
What do brewers, bakers and now drug researchers have in common? They all rely on a little help from yeast to get the job done.
I-X award and compost health risk: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Comet’s tail crossing and supply chain challenge: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Curbing COVID-19 in schools: Imperial scientists support CO2 monitor rollout
UK schools have received more than 300,000 CO2 monitors as part of a government initiative to reduce COVID-19 spread in classrooms.
AMS professorship and disease relapse: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
I-X: Imperial searches for 13 new leaders of the digital revolution
A new Imperial College London initiative, I-X, is recruiting 13 academic staff to lead the next wave of the digital revolution.
Climatologist award and medicinal cannabis: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
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Visually stunning tree of all known life unveiled online
OneZoom is a one-stop site for exploring all life on Earth, its evolutionary history, and how much of it is threatened with extinction.
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Low-cost intelligent soil sensors could help farmers curb fertiliser use
Smart sensing technology to help farmers use fertiliser more effectively and reduce environmental damage has been created by Imperial bioengineers.
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Rare Jurassic fossil reveals never-before-seen ammonite muscles in 3D
For the first time, researchers have revealed the soft tissues of a 165-million-year-old ammonite fossil using 3D imaging.
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Key step in how bacteria acquire drug resistance revealed
Researchers have imaged a major component in conjugation – the process bacteria use to share DNA with each other.
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Pianists learn to play with robotic third thumb in just one hour
Pianists equipped with a third robotic thumb were able to adapt to using the extra digit after just one hour of practice, Imperial research has found.
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Nature is trying to kill you, but science has your back
A new book explores disease-causing microbes, the tools we’ve developed to fight them, and the scientists who’ve advanced infectious disease research.
Scientists use graphene sheets to improve lab-on-chip diagnostic tests
Imperial College London researchers have improved an electronic sensor that can be used for fast detection of infectious diseases like COVID-19.
New climate pledges significantly more likely to prevent worst of global heating
If fulfilled, climate pledges made in the last six years have a much better chance of reaching globally agreed temperature goals.
Bioengineers find new way heart valves grow – and go wrong
Imperial bioengineers have discovered a new mechanism driving the growth of heart valves in zebrafish embryos.
First images from latest Mars rover show ancient river delta in Jezero crater
The NASA Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars in February, has sent back its first images of a 3.7-billion-year-old ancient river delta.
Brain cell differences could be key to learning in humans and AI
Imperial researchers have found that variability between brain cells might speed up learning and improve the performance of the brain and future AI.
Low-cost ventilator set to help people in low-income countries
A new low-cost ventilator design invented during COVID-19 could address the global shortage of ventilators for other respiratory diseases.
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Travelling fires pose an underestimated risk to open building spaces
New research from Imperial College London has shown that travelling fires pose a risk to the structures of large open building spaces over 100m2.
Four Imperial experts elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Four Imperial academics are among 69 experts to have been elected as new Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Unlimited digital sensing unleashed for imaging, audio, and driverless cars
A new technique could unleash the potential for digital sensors like cameras to sense all light intensities, and microphones to sense all audio ranges
Imperial alumnus announced as President of the British Science Association
The British Science Association (BSA) has announced that Imperial alumnus Dr Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock MBE will take over as its President.
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Self-healing ‘living materials’ used as 3D building blocks
Imperial researchers have created 3D building blocks that can heal themselves in response to damage.
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InSight mission unveils the interior of Mars
The interior of Mars has for the first time been revealed using the seismometers carried on NASA's InSight mission to Mars.
Brain injury computer models map brain blood vessels in highest resolution yet
Imperial researchers have created a traumatic brain injury (TBI) computer model that maps blood vessels in a rat brain in the highest resolution yet.
World’s first 3D-printed steel footbridge unveiled by Queen Máxima in Amsterdam
The world’s first 3D-printed steel structure, a ‘living laboratory’ bridge co-developed by Imperial, has been unveiled by Queen Máxima in Amsterdam.
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Imperial experts search Gloucestershire meteorite for Solar System ingredients
Researchers are studying the meteorite that fell on a UK driveway in March for clues about the origins of life on Earth.
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Fast lab-free COVID-19 test platform DnaNudge wins prestigious Academy award
Imperial startup DnaNudge has won the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for its rapid, lab-free and reliable COVID-19 PCR test.
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Imperial alumni recognised by British Science Association
Three Imperial alumni, Yolanda Ohene, Rox Middleton and Edmund Hunt, were recently named as British Science Festival 2021 Award Lecture Winners.
Celebrated Imperial mathematician lauded at Wolf Prize ceremony
Imperial’s Professor Sir Simon Donaldson has received the joint 2020 Wolf Prize for Mathematics, one of the most prestigious academic accolades.
