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£2.4M Funding Boost for UCL Museums and Collections
UCL museums and collections comprise over 200,000 objects which play a fundamental role in delivering UCL’s mission as London’s Global University to integrate our education, research innovation and enterprise for the long-term benefit of…
MIT tops among single-campus universities in US patents granted
In an era defined by unprecedented challenges and opportunities, MIT remains at the forefront of pioneering research and innovation.
The Institute's relentless pursuit of knowledge has once again been recognized, with MIT securing 365…
UCL Press Achieves Milestone: 10 Million Downloads Reached
UCL Press’s pioneering Open Access (OA) programme spans many of the major academic disciplines, from history to philosophy and the sciences to anthropology. The Press has published 339 books that have been downloaded more than 8.7 million…
Knight Science Journalism Program launches HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship
The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT has announced a new fellowship program that will provide students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) with training, mentorship, and early-career support to report on…
Young Adults Taking Longer to Secure Employment Than Previous Generation
Additionally, people born in the late 1980s who did not attend university were almost twice as likely to experience a turbulent start to their working lives, characterised by periods of unemployment, part-time employment, and inactivity,…
Imperial College London: ‘Living Paint’ Startup Wins Top Entrepreneurship Prize
A startup developing a ‘living paint’ that turns buildings into CO2-absorbing structures has won Imperial’s flagship entrepreneurial competition.
Cyanoskin took the top prize in the Venture Catalyst Challenge 2024 for their innovative…
“Nanostitches” enable lighter and tougher composite materials
To save on fuel and reduce aircraft emissions, engineers are looking to build lighter, stronger airplanes out of advanced composites. These engineered materials are made from high-performance fibers that are embedded in polymer…
Imperial College London Celebrates Kuwait Links with Inaugural Alumni Event
Imperial celebrated its growing links with Kuwait with a series of engagement events, including its first alumni event.
Space scientist Professor Sanjeev Gupta and a delegation from Imperial recently travelled to Kuwait to present the…
Shape-Shifting Cancer Cell Discovery at Imperial College London Unveils Potential Skin Cancer Drug…
A new technique allows scientists to see cells in 3D, and determine how different genes affect the shapes they adopt.
Cancer cells can change shape to travel around the body and spread (metastasise), but how they know when to do this has…
Microbes in Coral Reefs Suggest Novel Approach to Assess Ecosystem Health
A new study shows that ocean acidification is changing the mix of microbes in coral reef systems, which can be used to assess ecosystem health.
The study, published today in Microbiome, looked at coral reefs specifically, but the…