Letter

Letter to the Editors: Alexander Fleming

Dear Felix Science Writers, In issue #1890, Felix, you nearly got it right, but not quite. Alexander Fleming helped in the discovery of penicillin by noticing and crudely measuring the effect of the fungus which produced the chemical responsible for its crucial antimicrobial activity. Howard Florey, Ernst Chain (the guy

News

Felix Editor-in-Chief applications now open

Applications for the role of Editor-in-Chief at Felix have opened on February 9th and will close on March 14th. The Felix Editor is a paid sabbatical officer. Current students or recent graduates may be appointed to the role by Imperial College Union (ICU) following a competitive selection process. More information

News

Government sets out to curb foreign interference in UK universities

The UK Governement published guidance intended for universities and students to detect and report foreign interference in the British higher education sector, which it called an “attractive target” for hostile states. It is investing £3 million in a package of measures to “tackle the issue,” including a new centralised reporting

News

Imperial spinout Nanomox closes £2.4m seed round

Imperial spinout company Nanomox secured £2.4 million worth of seed funding, the earliest stage of startup financing, for their materials recycling technology. Nanomox produces materials – chiefly oxides of metals such as zinc – that it extracts from waste sources using a prorietary process involving ionic liquids. Ionic liquids are considered

Environment

Students’ thoughts on £2 reusable cups at the cafeteria

While buying your morning coffee at The Roastery, you probably wondered why you had to pay £2 extra. This additional cost is a deposit for your Re-Universe cup, which can be refunded by bringing it back to the return point within 7 days. The return point is right across from

Film & TV

The Housemaid

Paul Feig’s new thriller with Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried keeps us watching, but never quite makes us uncomfortable.

Societies

IC Hack 2026: Wizards Return to the Castle

Imperial’s famous event, and Europe’s biggest hackathon, took place over the last weekend of January.

Food

Mastering meal prepping

A simple habit that saves time, money, and energy.

Drug Survey 2026

DS26: Hard drugs

Close to a quarter (92 out of 389) of respondents reported taking a “hard drug”, which is roughly five times the national average. According to the Office for National Statistics, 4.5% of people aged 16-24 take class A drugs, cannabis excluded. As with our cannabis figures, it seems likely

Drug Survey 2026

DS26: Cannabis

Of the 322 respondents that answered the questions in this section, a razor-thin majority had consumed cannabis in some form. This is very different to what national statistics find – in one recent study, 12.5% of youths aged 16-24 reported to have consumed the drug. This might be due to

Drug Survey 2026

DS26: Alcohol

National studies find that around three-quarters of Generation Z drink in the UK, meaning Imperial’s 28% is broadly in line with the average. The faculty of engineering had the highest proportion of drinkers. However, among those who drink within faculties, Business School students and medics have the most weekly

Societies

Volunteer with Soup Run Soc!

Imperial’s Soup Run Society supports the Children of Adam Soup Kitchen, a charity that hosts a food drive every Sunday in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, near Holborn station. I’ve been meaning to volunteer for the longest time, yet never made enough effort to sign up. After meeting committee