To sleep, perchance to clean (your brain)
After hundreds of years of hypothesis, the primary function for sleep may now have been discovered.
Issue 1557
25th Oct 2013
Scientists go back to work
Jamie Rickman on the impact of the US shutdown
Most distant gravitational lens yet discovered
The most distant example of a gravitational lens has been discovered by scientists in Germany.
IPCC Climate Report 2013: An Ultimate Warning?
Part 1 of a 3 part feature brought to you by the London Climate Forum 2013
Imperial ranked 5th in QS university rankings
Imperial College above Oxford in QS World Rankings 2013-14
Imperial names first Regius Professor
The President and Rector bestowed Imperial College's first Regius Professorship on Professor Chris Toumazou.
Imperial College Chess Congress 2013
ICC Congress Organiser John Sargent reports on a successful day
Can’t sleep? It’s not me, it’s you
Amrita Ghosh and Arya Mehta explore solutions to sleep deprivation
Badly dressed intruder escorted from Tizard hall
A red jacket-wearing visitor is escorted from Tizard Hall.