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Stellar anniversary
Solar Orbiter: one year in space
Imperial’s magnetometer instrument aboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft has seen a successful and eventful first year in space.
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Solar Orbiter: one year in space
Imperial’s magnetometer instrument aboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft has seen a successful and eventful first year in space.
Ditching the car for walking or biking just one day a week cuts carbon footprint
Swapping the car for walking, cycling and e-biking even just one day a week makes a significant impact on personal carbon emissions in cities.
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Hurricanes and typhoons moving 30km closer to coasts every decade
High-intensity tropical cyclones have been moving closer to coasts over the past 40 years, potentially causing more destruction than before.
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The top green resolutions to make for 2021
After a year of flooding, bush fires and record temperatures Grantham Institute suggests the best low-carbon new year commitments to make for 2021.
Ice sheet uncertainties could mean sea level will rise more than predicted
Sea level could rise higher than current estimates by 2100 if climate change is unchallenged, according to a new assessment.
13 New Horizons grants awarded to Imperial academics for adventurous research
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded 13 academics new grants to undertake ‘adventurous and high-risk research.’
‘Trojan horse’ bacteria could help defeat antibiotic-resistant infections
Engineered strains of bacteria that displace antibiotic-resistant strains could tackle hard-to-treat infections.
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Silica the best environmental alternative to plastic microbeads, finds study
Following bans on plastic microbeads in wash-off cosmetics, a new study weighs up the environmental costs of alternatives.
Chinese water deer introduced to UK may be valuable to restoring numbers in Asia
Researchers have found Chinese water deer populations in the UK might be able to supplement declining populations in their native range in East Asia.
New membrane could pave way for cheap, efficiently made biofuels
Scientists have developed a cost-effective method of biofuel extraction which could make them viable alternatives to fossil fuels in transport.
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