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Imperial team sets off for the Bionic Olympics
A team from Imperial College London will compete in the world's first ever "bionic Olympics", which will be held this Saturday.
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Imperial team sets off for the Bionic Olympics
A team from Imperial College London will compete in the world's first ever "bionic Olympics", which will be held this Saturday.
Business School academics honoured by prestigious academy
Two senior Business School academics have been elected as Fellows of a leading institution for the humanities and social sciences.
Doctors from war-torn countries learn new methods for treating blast patients
Doctors from war affected countries have been trained in the latest limb salvaging techniques as part of a free course run by Imperial.
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Big businesses often 'kill innovation'
Business leaders should beware of hidden "roadblocks to innovation", Professor David Gann has warned the World Economic Forum.
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"The boy's glasses fell off when he was shot at, and now he couldn't see"
Dr Nathalie MacDermott, a paediatric and clinical research fellow at Imperial, still thinks daily of the families she encountered in Greece.
Business School student speeds ahead in Chinese motor racing championship
Martin Xie, an MSc Management student, has won two races in the latest China Touring Car Championship.
CBE for Grantham Institute founding donor in Queen's 90th Birthday Honours
Jeremy Grantham has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for philanthropic service to climate change research.
Unplanned Venus experiment reveals surprises in the atmosphere
An experiment using a Venus spacecraft, proposed after it launched, has found lower temperatures than expected in the planet's polar atmosphere.
Three 'risky' research projects get a boost from Imperial-MIT joint award
The first awards from the MIT-Imperial College London Seed Fund have been given to early-stage breakthrough projects spanning the two institutions.
Imperial will 'define excellence' says President Gast in annual address
The meaning of "excellence" in higher education was the topic of Professor Alice Gast's second annual address to the Imperial community.
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