Imperial in the news: a cure for HIV?
Professor Jonathan Weber responded to the possibility of a cure for HIV Yesterday, doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Mississippi announced that they had all-but cured a baby of HIV. The child, who...
View ArticleImperial in the news: the future of climate change in schools
Debate in geography classes around climate change might be a thing of the past On Monday, The Guardian reported moves by the Government to remove the topic of climate change from school geography...
View ArticleImperial in the news: dinosaur killers
Asteroid or comet – what caused the impact that killed the dinosaurs? For generations, the debate has raged as to what exactly caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Following a...
View ArticleImperial in the news: bird flu is back
Professor Wendy Barclay (right) has spoken a lot about recent bird flu research and outbreaks A recent outbreak of what is suspected to be a virulent strain of bird flu has appeared in China over the...
View ArticleImperial in the news: celebrity status
The claws of Kooteninchela deppi resemble Edward Scissorhands’ appendage They may have starred together in the 2010 movie The Tourist, but you could be forgiven for thinking it far-fetched that...
View ArticleImperial in the news: surgery shock
Last week it was widely reported, following a study at Imperial, that elective surgery towards the end of the week had an increased risk of death for the patients. Surgery towards the end of the week...
View ArticleImperial in the news: obese children
Rising obesity levels in children have led to an increase in hospital admissions for obesity-related conditions Last month’s biggest story involving research at Imperial looked at the increase in...
View ArticleImperial in the news: How to put a human on Mars
Last weekend (27 and 28 July 2013) the BBC broadcast a 30-minute programme called How to put a human on Mars, exploring some of the key aspects of how a mission to Mars might look. Is there life on...
View ArticleImperial in the news: The Life Scientific
It is not every day that you turn on the radio and get to hear one of your colleagues talking about their career over the airwaves while you eat your corn flakes. But then, it is pretty rare that one...
View ArticleBeyond the news: filming documentaries and features
While much of the media coverage of the College is generated by time-specific and research-led news and features, often with so much going on and so many interesting and exciting people at Imperial,...
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