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Photo story: Imperial instrument installed on a solar-wind-studying spacecraft
Join our researchers as they install their instrument on NASA’s IMAP spacecraft, set to launch next year on a mission to study the solar wind.
Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves
Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, according to new research.
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Work starts on world’s most sensitive ultra-rare particle detector
UK researchers have begun designing a new device to detect elusive dark matter particles thought to make up 85% of the mass of the Universe.
5 lessons to level up conservation successfully
Conservation needs to scale successfully to protect nature. A new paper takes lessons from around the world to show how that might be done.
Brain fluid surgery to a world-first lunar-Earth flyby: News from Imperial
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Study finds limits to storing CO2 underground to combat climate change
Imperial research has found limits to how quickly we can scale up technology to store gigatonnes of carbon dioxide under the Earth’s surface.
New record set in ongoing search for dark matter
New results from the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector narrow down the possibilities for what makes up our universe’s invisible mass.
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AI tackles one of the most difficult challenges in quantum chemistry
New research using neural networks, a form of brain-inspired AI, proposes a solution to the tough challenge of modelling the states of molecules.
Better arranged molecules could improve solar panel efficiency
Researchers have shown how arrangements of molecules in organic solar cells can improve light absorption, leading to better and cheaper solar panels.
Study on planet-warming contrails “a spanner in the works” for aviation industry
Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, a new study has found.
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