Carbon costs
Putting a price on carbon pollution alone unlikely to help reach climate goals
Imperial researchers show that carbon taxes alone cannot reduce emissions enough to reach the Paris Agreement targets.
Stories written by Hayley Dunning
Antarctic archives
Vintage film of Antarctic glaciers hints at early ice shelf collapse
Digitised archival film has revealed part of Thwaites Glacier is melting faster than thought, suggesting the shelf may collapse sooner than expected.
Squeezed out
Researchers reveal how bacteria behind hospital infections block out antibiotics
Drug-resistant bacteria responsible for deadly hospital-acquired infections shut out antibiotics by closing tiny doors in their cell walls.
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News in brief
Refugee mental health and malarial mysteries: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Audio
Hear, hear
Podcast: An unsung hero, digital mental health, and acting on patient feedback
In this edition: We explore Sir Ernst Chain’s role in penicillin, apps tackling mental health, and an algorithm making sense of patient feedback.
Darker energy
Lab-based dark energy experiment narrows search options for elusive force
An experiment to test a popular theory of dark energy has found no evidence of new forces, placing strong constraints on related theories.
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Face off
What a group of bizarre-looking bats can tell us about the evolution of mammals
Bats with skulls and teeth adapted to a wide range of diets are helping scientists understand how major groups of mammals first evolved.
Plant power
Plants could remove six years of carbon dioxide emissions – if we protect them
By analysing 138 experiments, researchers have mapped the potential of today’s plants and trees to store extra carbon by the end of the century.
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Finding missing matter
Global team of scientists finish assembling next-generation dark matter detector
The key component of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is ready to be sealed and lowered nearly 1.5 km underground, where it will search for dark matter.
News in brief
Space snacks and rates of mutation: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
