![A bird in the nest and moving to Mars: News from the College](http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ImageCropToolT4/imageTool/uploaded-images/newseventsimage_1572603797810_featurenews2012_x1.jpg)
![shadow](http://www.imperial.ac.uk/assets/news/img/image_shadow_sidebar.png)
News in brief
A bird in the nest and moving to Mars: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
A bird in the nest and moving to Mars: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Feature
Eco-anxiety and stress relief: Imperial celebrates World Mental Health Day 2019
A podcast on eco-anxiety, community ‘tea and talk’ events, and social support were some of the ways Imperial marked World Mental Health Day.
One in four of London’s green spaces breaches air quality safety limits
More than one quarter of London’s parks, playground, and open spaces exceed international safety limits for air quality.
1
UK needs ‘joined-up health and transport policy’, academics tell Government
Imperial academics presented their research on air quality and emissions to the Government’s Department for Transport.
Imperial working to encourage green tech innovators with Vodafone
Imperial is supporting Vodafone’s Future Changers, a worldwide competition for young adults to find tech solutions to environmental challenges.
Festival goers chill out as heatwave warms up London’s first Climate Action Week
Heatwave conditions saw Londoners seeking shade amongst the green exhibits at the Great Exhibition Road Festival over the weekend.
Major study finds no conclusive links to health effects from waste incinerators
Researchers have found no link between exposure to emissions from municipal waste incinerators (MWIs) and infant deaths or reduced foetal growth.
Food freshness sensors could replace ‘use-by’ dates to cut food waste
Imperial academics have developed low-cost, smartphone-linked, eco-friendly spoilage sensors for meat and fish packaging.
3
Times air pollution event explores need for “balanced” messaging
The effects of air pollution need to be communicated with impact and clarity but not oversimplification – a balance that is important to reach.
Missing iron receptors predict lung disease patient’s poor outcome
Researchers discovered that a receptor vital to iron processing in the lungs is much less common in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).