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Visualising all life
Visually stunning tree of all known life unveiled online
OneZoom is a one-stop site for exploring all life on Earth, its evolutionary history, and how much of it is threatened with extinction.
Stories written by Hayley Dunning
News in brief
COVID immunity study and green league ranking: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Light controlling sound
Towards quantum states of sound
Researchers make key steps towards generating quantum states of sound inside a microscopic device using laser light and single-photon measurements.
Funding frontier research
Boundary-pushing research projects boosted by President’s Excellence Fund
Projects making nanomagnetic computers, sustainable packaging, improved vaccine carriers, and cut-and-paste chemistry have won up to £250k each.
News in brief
Chemical kitchens and choosing mates: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
DNA dilemma
Long-range four-stranded DNA structures found to play a role in ageing disease
A special form of four-stranded DNA, recently seen in human cells, has been found to interact with a gene that causes Cockayne Syndrome when faulty.
Prize physicists
Five Imperial academics given Institute of Physics awards and fellowships
Accolades go to experts in string theory, Mars missions, solar cells, and particle accelerators, plus the Mechanical Instrumentation Facility manager.
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Sharing tactics
Key step in how bacteria acquire drug resistance revealed
Researchers have imaged a major component in conjugation – the process bacteria use to share DNA with each other.
News in brief
Boosted economy and decentralised science: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
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Health pod
Podcast: HIV tests, infectious reading, and the fight for cheaper drugs
In this edition: A new test to monitor treatment-resistant HIV, a book tracing the fight against infection, and how the NHS can make cheaper drugs.
