News in brief
Ultrafast probing and AI-enabled drug discovery: News from Imperial
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Stories written by Hayley Dunning
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Spacecraft assembly
Photo story: Imperial instrument installed on a solar-wind-studying spacecraft
Join our researchers as they install their instrument on NASA’s IMAP spacecraft, set to launch next year on a mission to study the solar wind.
Krill power
Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves
Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, according to new research.
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News in brief
Neutrino discoveries and academic awards for excellence: News from Imperial
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Deep detector
Work starts on world’s most sensitive ultra-rare particle detector
UK researchers have begun designing a new device to detect elusive dark matter particles thought to make up 85% of the mass of the Universe.
News in brief
Award shortlists and interdisciplinary research grants: News from Imperial
Summary: Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Protecting nature
5 lessons to level up conservation successfully
Conservation needs to scale successfully to protect nature. A new paper takes lessons from around the world to show how that might be done.
Science leader
Imperial professor appointed Executive Chair of major UK science funding body
Michele Dougherty, Professor of Space Physics at Imperial, will be the next Executive Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
News in brief
Brain fluid surgery to a world-first lunar-Earth flyby: News from Imperial
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Royal society winners
Three Imperial researchers have won prestigious Royal Society awards
Experts in arthritis treatments, particle physics experiments and materials science have been recognised for excellence in their fields.
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