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The logistics of vaccine distribution
Despite current estimates of a vaccine being approved by early 2021, distribution can take months meaning restrictions may not end until late next year.
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This year’s female Nobel laureates – leading a paradigm shift?
It is evident that even with this year’s evolution in the recognition of women’s achievements, the Nobel prizes are still a bastion of inequality.
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Representation matters: The Blackett Lab Family on creating a sense of belonging
The Blackett Lab Family is a growing collective of UK based Black physicists. In doing so, we hope to fundamentally diversify the perception of physics and physicists within the Black community and the wider scientific community
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Further evidence that oil company ExxonMobil misled the public on climate change
Harvard University researchers have responded to the oil and gas giant’s criticism of their 2017 peer-reviewed analysis, which showed that ExxonMobil has misled the public about the severity of climate change.
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European Space Agency gets on board with NASA’s exploration of the moon
The ESA has announced almost €3 billion of investment into “the robotic and human exploration of the Solar System”
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NASA probe successfully collects asteroid sample for Earth return
On Tuesday evening at 23:12 BST, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe made brief contact with the near-Earth asteroid Bennu to successfully collect a sample of rocks and dust for study upon its return to Earth.
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Union restructuring results in 20 staff members made redundant
The restructuring was prompted by the uncertain and precarious COVID-19 pandemic that rendered the Union’s commercial services inoperable, as well as the declining satisfaction of bar and kitchen services seen in the previous academic year.
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Students evacuated from fire trap halls
Student residents of the Paragon complex in Brentford, west London were told on Monday 19th that they would have a week to move out.
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Imperial UC team beat Exeter to advance
Imperial University Challenge team beat Exeter to go through into the next round of the competition.
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Imperial Athletes launch: can one size fit all?
Designed as a way to simplify and reduce the administrative burden on sports society committees, the launch of Imperial Athletes has instead been marred by confusion and anger. Felix reports on the launch of Imperial's new sports one-stop-shop
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Imperial publishes daily COVID statistics
In an effort to keep students and staff informed, Imperial College is publishing daily statistics on the prevalence of coronavirus within the university. The “College COVID-19 status and response” webpage displays the number of recorded positive tests on campus in both the past day and fortnight, as well as general
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Felix puzzles - Pandemic version 3
The third instalment of the Felix pandemic puzzles