News

Imperial spinout materials startup raises $8 million

Imperial spin-out company Polaron raised $8 million in seed funding, the earliest stage of startup financing.  Polaron builds proprietary algorithms that convert microscopic images of materials into three-dimensional reconstructions, revealing characteristics such as pores or cracks. This microstructural insight is valuable to industrial manufacturers, as it informs a material’s

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University Challenge quarter-finals: College team defeats Warwick

Imperial College beat the University of Warwick 190-105 in the first round of this year’s University Challenge quarterfinals.   Imperial’s team now has to compete in the second heat of the quarterfinals. Should they win their second game, they will be granted a place to compete in the semifinals.

Science

Policy in a Strange Land

UK Government policy and our reality online in an age of AI.

Science

Cow Tools

A cow in Austria is challenging traditional notions of animal intelligence.

Science

Imperial and World Economic Forum to collaborate in AI innovation centre

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Books

Ripples and Waves in Ground Provisions

Imbued with language reminiscent of vibrant flavours, golden hues, and a warm breeze, Ground Provisions tackles ancestry, culture, sensuality, and family. Shauna M. Morgan grew up in Clarendon, Jamaica, before relocating to the United States for university and becoming a celebrated academic in the realm of Africana literature. Throughout her

Books

Verdant Verse in Ground Provisions

A harmony of rich imagery and deft periphrasis resonates in Shauna M. Morgan’s debut poetry collection Ground Provisions. The collection is split into three sections representing three eras of her life: her childhood in rural Jamaica, her young adulthood as an immigrant mother in the Southeast United States, and

Film & TV

The original ‘nihilistic penguin’

Surf’s Up follows the tale of a penguin, Cody, going towards the waves instead of the mountains

Opinion

Why do we code-switch?

If I tell you I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, you will probably have a very clear idea of what you expect me to sound like. In reality, my accent is far more confused. The Netflix and YouTube I grew up with, the lingering imprint of colonialism, and the British

Opinion

Greenland: Donald Trump’s latest real estate deal

Comment writer Bahaar discusses what happens when strategic necessity trumps international law.

Film & TV

Sentimental Value

The Norwegian film storytelling intricate family dynamics has secured nine Oscar nominations this year.

Opinion

Trump’s foreign policy is deeply American

The roots of American interventionism trace back to the early 19th century.