Carbon ambition
UK poised to lead G7 on clean electricity production
Ambitious clean energy policies mean the UK can make stronger carbon reduction commitments when international targets are revised in 2025.
Stories in business
UPF Action Conference
Imperial conference: Tackling the harms of Ultra-Processed Foods
Imperial academics convened a globally-leading conference to discuss the health impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods and the scope for government action.
Neural implants
£1m to advance MintNeuro's transformative semiconductor tech for neural implants
MintNeuro, an Imperial spinout developing semiconductor technology for minimally invasive neural implants, has raised £1 million.
Pandemic Preparedness
Pandemic preparedness cannot rely on vaccine development alone
Vaccine experts drew attention to disruption factors around vaccine development and key action plans for future pandemic preparedness planning.
Taxing unhealthy food
People support higher tax on unhealthy foods if it makes healthy options cheaper
Almost three quarters of the UK public are in favour of a higher tax on unhealthy foods.
Scaling up
Notpla storms America with £20m funding round
Imperial startup Notpla has raised substantial additional investment to bring its seaweed-based packaging to the US market.
Cleaning up
Puraffinity raises £17m and prepares to scale up water treatment technology
With new investment and a new chief executive, Imperial startup Puraffinity is ready to take its PFAS removal system to the market.
Medication safety
NHS using Imperial spinout’s advanced prescription software to improve safety
Imperial spinout Dosium is working with the NHS to roll out a clinical decision support tool that provides dosage guidance to increase patient safety.
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Computers and chemistry
Machine learning models to support chemical R&D recognised with Best Paper Award
A team from Imperial and BASF has won the Computers & Chemical Engineering Best Paper Award 2023 for AI techniques that could boost chemical R&D.
Sustainable sofas
Students work with DFS to re-think how we build and buy sofas for sustainability
Your sofa could one day come as a subscription – under a novel business model proposed by students collaborating with sofa company DFS.
