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BITTER PILL?
Six things doctors would like you to know about antibiotics
Every day healthcare workers around the world are waging war, in what is becoming the fight of our lives.
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Hidden in plain sight
Enormous ‘ghost’ galaxy spotted hiding next to the Milky Way
A galaxy a third the size of our own, but extremely faint, has been observed orbiting around the Milky Way.
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DOPAMINE FOCUS
Collaboration could help unlock secrets of key compound in memory and addiction
A team led by researchers at Imperial is leading an international effort to uncover the role of one of the brain’s key chemical messengers in detail.
Five papers accepted
Five papers accepted at AAAI-19, 33rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Five papers by members of the Department of Computing have been accepted at the 33rd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI-19.
A SHOT OF GOOD SENSE
Children's vaccinations and development checks prevent hospital admissions
Children who receive nursery vaccinations and development checks are less likely to be admitted to hospital during childhood years.
On the rocks
Cause of long, potentially damaging channels on Antarctic ice shelves found
Large rock hills deep below glaciers can cause huge channels on the ice surface – even if the hills are buried under two kilometres of ice.
Prioritising health
The far reach of primary health care
Imperial researchers have shown that more attention to primary health care could help to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.
Signal failure
Stem cells control their own fate, making lab-grown tissues less effective
Tissues grown in the lab from stem cells may fail to live up their therapeutic promise because the cells choose their own fate.
China mission
Student entrepreneurs take ideas to World Economic Forum in China
Ten student teams from Imperial’s Enterprise Lab showcased their ideas to global leaders at the World Economic Forum in China.
Up in smoke
Cigarettes have a significant impact on the environment, not just health
A new report shows that the six trillion cigarettes produced yearly impact the environment through climate change, water and land use, and toxicity.
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