News in brief
Yeast production and engineering fellowship: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Stories tagged with 'Comms strategy Entrepreneurial ecosystem'
Analytical science
Imperial and Agilent renew partnership for flagship analytical science facility
Imperial and Agilent Technologies have announced the extension of their partnership to support advanced analytical science.
Creating fusion power
Imperial academic lead in £12 million fusion power industry partnership
Researchers will explore a new method for creating fusion power that they hope could eventually be scaled to provide safe, clean, and abundant energy.
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Cutting edge chemistry
Industry consortium to develop modern chemical manufacturing methods
A major consortium led by Imperial and chemical company BASF is to help make chemical manufacturing more efficient, resilient, and sustainable.
Sustainable power
Wave energy startup wins Imperial’s Venture Catalyst Challenge 2023
A startup developing wave energy converters that can be embedded under the seabed has been named as one of Imperial’s most promising new businesses.
Innovation grand final
Venture Catalyst Challenge: Meet Imperial’s most exciting new student startups
Five student startups will compete for a £20,000 top prize in the final of Imperial’s flagship entrepreneurial competition later this month.
Greener plastic
Polymateria raises £20 million to scale biodegradable plastic technology
Polymateria, a scale-up based at Imperial’s White City Campus, has received £20m Series B funding to scale its tech for making plastics biodegradable.
Economic growth
Imperial hosts inaugural Innovation and Growth Conference at White City
Policymakers, academics and industry representatives discussed how to improve the UK’s competitiveness at a new landmark conference last week.
Digital twins
Quaisr partnered with QinetiQ to accelerate new materials discovery
Tech startup Quaisr has partnered with security and defence company QinetiQ to explore the use of AI and simulations to discover new materials.
Tips of the trade
Scientists-turned-entrepreneurs reveal how they pick their business partners
At the FoNS Founders Forum, researchers and entrepreneurs shared their experiences in vetting business partners when founding their own startups.
