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Imperial Academic Secures €2.4m European Funding to Enhance Solar Harvesting Technology
Professor Jenny Nelson has won a prestigious European Research Council grant to learn lessons from plants and apply them to solar technologies.
She will use the grant to unpick how plants convert sunlight to energy efficiently, and use…
Imperial College London and CNRS Strengthen UK-France Science Collaborations with New Partnerships
Imperial and France’s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) are continuing to strengthen the science links between the UK and France.
The two institutes – who formed a major partnership in 2022 – outlined their ambitions for…
Imperial Launches New AI Startup Accelerator, Accepting Applications
The AI SuperConnector will support early career researchers with entrepreneurial ambition from Imperial, York, Leeds and Liverpool universities.
The AI SuperConnector, a new accelerator initiative led by Imperial, has opened for…
Imperial College London Tops QS Online MBA Rankings Worldwide
Imperial College Business School has been named number one for its Global Online MBA in the QS Online MBA rankings 2024.
Imperial has risen one place to claim the leading position, putting the institution ahead of 102 degree programmes…
Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Insufficient for Real Climate Action, Study Finds
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective paper.
Relying on emissions can favour more established companies and hinder innovation, say the authors,…
Cambridge Rare Disease Research Receives Significant Boost with Launch of Two New Centres
Cambridge researchers will play key roles in two new centres dedicated to developing improved tests, treatments and potentially cures for thousands of people living with rare medical conditions.
The new LifeArc…
Simple ‘Twist’ Enhances Clean Fuel Generation Engine
Researchers have found a way to super-charge the ‘engine’ of sustainable fuel generation – by giving the materials a little twist.
The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, are developing…
Robotic Nerve ‘Cuffs’ Offer Potential Treatment for Various Neurological Conditions
Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them.
The ability to make an implant that can change shape through electrical activation opens up a…
University of York: Dame Kelly Holmes Headlines York Festival of Ideas, Explores Elite Sport Science
Olympic gold medallist, Dame Kelly Holmes, is one of a number of distinguished figures to take part in this year’s York Festival of Ideas under the theme of ‘The Power Of…’.
Dame Kelly Holmes will talk about the science of elite sport…
Two Species Interbreeding 200,000 Years Ago Gave Rise to New Butterfly Species
Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species breeding together almost 200,000 years ago.
Hybridisation drove the evolution of Heliconius elevatus.
The discovery, by an international…