All Imperial Stories

A handy list of all our Stories in one place.

 
 
 
 

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Dr Nicolas Rojas with PhD student Icey Lu and others at the Dyson School of Design Engineering

Making for the future

Imperial academics are pioneering advances in robotics, synthetic chemistry and beyond that could transform the manufacturing industries.

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Two medical professionals in protective clothing at an Ebola treatment centre

Fighting ebola

Imperial scientists, in the lab, and on the ground, are working to defeat ebola.

Find out about the fight against ebola

An illustration of laboratory objects used for collecting and processing healthy fecal bacteria. Stool samples and pills.

Faecal transplants, robotic guts and the fight against gut bugs

A simple compound in our gut could help to stop dangerous bacteria behind severe, and sometimes fatal, hospital infections.

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Two penguins standing side by side on the ice

Overturning 'Darwin's paradox'

Imperial researchers are using a new approach to understand why same-sex behaviour is so common across the animal kingdom.

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An illustration of the earth heating up, with icons of how to tackle climate change - a house, an aeroplane, an energy power plant, and a cow.

9 things you can do about climate change

Our world is warming, but taking action on climate change can make all our lives better.

Read our guide on what you can do

Professor Claudia de Rham and Professor Andrew Tolley

Turning gravity upside down

Professor Claudia de Rham and Andrew Tolley have a new theory on gravity, and it challenges our very understanding of what it is and how it works.

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A petri dish showing the mould fusarium proliferatum

Antifungal resistance

Fungi are evolving, but, thankfully, Imperial researchers are leading the fight to protect us all.

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Former editor of Felix Judith Hackney reading an archive copy of the paper outside the main building at Beit Quad

The cat that got the cream

As Felix turns 70, some its leading players – past and present – give us the stories behind the headlines.

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A red ribbon

The search for a cure

For the past 25 years, Imperial has been at the heart of the hunt for a cure for HIV. This is the story of that search: of the highs, the lows, the setbacks – and the breakthroughs.

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An visualisation of the source and proliferation of fake (as determined by professional fact-checkers) news on 2016 US Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton

Fake news

Do bots help to spread fake news? No, but they could be part of the answer. We look at the truth behind the headlines.

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Carys Dally stands smiling on Exhibition Road

More than meets the eye

Five Imperial staff and students with invisible disabilities share their stories.

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Green plastic pellets

Cleaner, greener plastics

How Imperial researchers are making plastics more sustainable.

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