NEW SCHOLARSHIP
Materials student awarded prestigious SCI scholarship
Mr Angus Pedersen, a research postgraduate student in the Department of Materials, has been awarded an SCI scholarship.
Stories tagged with 'materials'
Rethink mink
Fashion industry collaboration to create lab-grown fur
Luxury fashion house Fendi, part of LVMH, wants a sustainable alternative to fur. Researchers from Imperial and Central Saint Martins are on the case.
Self-organising lasers
‘Life-like’ lasers can self-organise, adapt their structure, and cooperate
By mimicking features of living systems, self-organising lasers could lead to new materials for sensing, computing, light sources and displays.
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News in brief
Restoring underwater meadows and sticky stick insects: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Science prize
Imperial researcher honoured at Asian Women of Achievement Awards
An Imperial researcher has been honoured at an award ceremony to celebrate the contributions of Asian women based in the UK.
Light reactions
Ultrafast lasers used to probe next-generation solar cells
Researchers have tracked the first fractions of a second after light strikes solar cells, providing insights into how they produce electricity.
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Chiral chemistry
Spin-controlling materials team win prestigious Horizon Prize
An international team of scientists working on chiral materials have won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Materials Chemistry Division Horizon Prize.
Platinum Recognition
Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours recognise Imperial academics
Leading Imperial academics from across the College have been recognised in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours List.
SUSTAINABLE BREAKTHROUGH
Earth-abundant solar pixels found to produce hydrogen for weeks
New findings have shown that devices made of readily available oxide and carbon-based materials can produce clean hydrogen from water over weeks.
AWARD WINNER
Dr Abigail Ackerman awarded June Wilson Award 2022
Dr Abigail Ackerman has been named the winner of the June Wilson award 2022.
