Legal eagles
Pro bono award honours legal support scheme for green tech startups
Startups in Imperial’s Enterprise Lab with environmental innovations can get legal support from some of the capital’s best lawyers.
Stories in business
New economic centre
Imperial launches Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance
Imperial is launching a new research centre to find ways to make the UK economy more productive and competitive.
Corporate climate actions
Companies are missing their climate goals with misaligned behaviour
The emissions pathways of most companies in high-emitting sectors are not aligned with the climate targets of the Paris Agreement.
A low-carbon economy
Asian cement and steel companies must decarbonise to survive carbon prices
High carbon emitting businesses in Asia will see consistent negative profits if they fail to decarbonise.
ERC grant awards
Imperial researchers win European grants worth €4million euros
Two Imperial academics have won major research grants from the European Research Council (ERC) to research AI in finance and cloud turbulence.
Neonatal numbers
Number of extremely premature babies receiving neonatal care triples
The number of babies born at 22 weeks given respiratory life support in England and Wales increased three-fold after NHS guidelines changed in 2019.
Social science training
Renewed funding to train social scientists in tackling complex global challenges
Imperial College London is part of a newly funded partnership that will receive £15m to train social scientists to tackle complex global challenges.
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Future vaccines
£17m awarded to develop globally important vaccine hubs
Imperial researchers will lead two hubs to improve global access to life-saving vaccines.
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Feature
AI debate
Q&A: What is the future of AI safety?
To mark the AI Safety Summit in the UK, we spoke to Imperial experts about key questions on the future of artificial intelligence.
A sustainable mindset
Businesses must embrace new ways of thinking or risk not meeting climate targets
Businesses must adopt new ways of thinking to effectively reduce their carbon footprint, suggests a new study from Imperial College Business School.
