First GM monkeys born in China
Chris Yates on the potential of the technique that made cute custom monkeys
Issue 1567
7th Feb 2014
Imperial Spin-off Seeks £175m in Stock Market IPO
Circassia, a spinoff company from an Imperial lab discovery in 2006 has announced that it plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. It hopes to raise approximately £175 million in the initial public offering.
Philsophical Investigations
Beneath the differences between Wittgenstein’s Tractatus-Logico Philosophicus and his Philosophical Investigations there is a more fundamental continuity between the texts. This article relies heavily on two books, Alain Badiou’s Wittgenstein’s Anti-Philosophy ...
New catalyst removes excess atmospheric carbon
University of Delaware finds a new non-porous silver catalyst
Of Cleaning (again), cat allergies and weather
Soooo, Imperial’s reseach on cat immunotherapy lead to the creation of a startup and more recently an IPO worth £175m during an upcoming stock market float (see page 3)?
Gas leak fears in Royal College of Science building
The Chemistry Department’s Royal College of Science building was closed for a short time last week as a result of a suspected gas leak.
Confessions of a GTA: Part 10
Talking to MSc students can be highly disconcerting
Imperial College publishes animal research action plan in responce to cruelty allegations
Imperial College has published a new “Action plan for world class animal research”. This follows allegations made last April by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) that the College was involved in unethical animal research.
Imperial launches new Global MBA
Imperial's new global MBA course launched, which will make its teaching available to the world.
Tired of all those Wires?
Tips on how to avoid the mess!
Return to paper?
First thoughts on Facebook's new app
QuizUp: Upping the game
The quiz-gaming sensation storming the nation.