Mars mission and antibiotic prescriptions on the Imperial podcast
Dr Simon Foster reveals how Imperial researchers have been plotting to send astronauts to Mars in the latest Imperial podcast.
The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on Imperial'sScience Communication MSc course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributors from the Communications and Public Affairs Division.
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- News - A study highlights a big rise in hospital admissions linked to child obesity, and a look ahead to the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
- Prescribing etiquette – Professor Alison Holmes and Esmita Charani discuss their research into the factors that influence doctors’ decisions to prescribe antibiotics.
- Does research spending benefit the economy? - Researchers from the Business School explain how their research is shedding light on the relationship between the research sector and the rest of the economy.
- Mission to Mars – Dr Simon Foster on how he and other Imperial researchers are plotting to send astronauts to Mars.
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