This Week In Science (22/11/2024)
Your weekly digest of science news picked by the Felix Science editorial team
Taylor Pomfret
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Science Editor, Sport Editor. 4th Year MSci Physics with Theoretical Physics student.
CERN sees top quarks
The Large Hadron Collider yields another particle physics discovery.
American Football – Results and Standings
Immortals currently sit in third place in the league, with a game in hand.
Rugby teams tour Paris
Last month, Imperial’s rugby team ventured to France to take part in a weekend-long rugby tournament: the HEC-Natixis Mixed Rugby Nations Cup. The competition, hosted at the HEC Paris Business School Campus, ran from the 11th to 13th October and featured over 150 students from five universities (Imperial, University
ICLR celebrate EuRoC success
Felix sits down with ICLR members Andrei Paduraru, Soham More and Pablo Duhamel to discuss the trials and triumphs of launching Nimbus 24
IC Barbell Society
This week, IC Barbell’s PR manager Sukorno and the team break down Olympic weightlifting techniques and share upcoming events.
Hopfield and Hinton awarded Nobel Prize for shaping the neural network landscape
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton are recognised for their seminal work in artificial neural networks and machine learning.
Sports societies are in full swing
We asked some of our Sports societies here at Imperial how their fresher’s experience was, details about upcoming events, and what they expect from their societies this year.
Felix interviews Prof Claudia de Rham
Imperial physicist and author sits down with Felix to discuss all things gravity and her life in academia.
Welcome to Felix Science
The team wishes all students and staff members a warm welcome back to Imperial for the brand new academic year.
Imperial student develops flat-pack homes for earthquake-stricken regions
MEng student Mayar Ariss’ design aims to reduce the impact of humanitarian crises worldwide.
ICLR celebrates record-breaking hot-fire test of THANOS-R engine
Imperial College London Rocketry test marks one of the first collegiate firings worldwide of a 3D-printed aluminium alloy engine.