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Peptides are leaving the lab
The peptide craze is spreading from pharmaceuticals, to cosmetics, to online “shadow markets,” raising environmental and safety concerns.
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Discover the seven candidates for Union President
The seven candidates to the role of Union President – the sabbatical officer which leads and represents Imperial College Union – were revealed on Thursday 5th March. On that day, four of them took part in a debate moderated by Felix around the themes of affordability, student voice, and representation. Below, we
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The Middle East at war
For a generation that barely remembers the Iraq War, this feels like uncharted territory.
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FT employers ranking places Imperial in middle tier of universities
College also up seven places in People & Planet ranking.
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Professor Omar Matar to become Dean of Engineering
Professor Omar Matar has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and will start his five-year term in October 2026. Currently the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Matar is specialised in fluid dynamics. He leads a research group focused on both fluid mechanics and
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What’s in the pre-action letter sent to Imperial?
UCL reached a costly settlement last month with the Student Group Claim, an entity representing students and graduates that seek compensation for disruptions to teaching during the 2017 to 2021 period, which was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide strikes. Asserson Law Offices and Harcus Parker Limited, the law
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Eurotrash
Eurotrash is a demeaning portmanteau, combining “European” and “white trash”, used to describe pretentious European elites. Provocative from the start, Christian Kracht’s autofictional International Booker Prize Winner foreshadows the unsettling aristocratic class themes explored within the novel. A Swiss-German middle-aged man trying to break free from his family’s
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Imperial Fight Night was a knockout
On 5th February, Imperial’s student fighters stepped into the ring at the Clapham Grand for the university’s inaugural event of this kind. It turned out to be something that felt far more theatrical than a typical student event. The venue is one of the few surviving Victorian entertainment
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The London Neurotech Hackathon
The second edition of the London Neurotech Hackathon took place on the weekend of 21st February, at the headquarters of Entrepreneurs First. Participants, ranging from undergraduates to post-docs and lecturers, came from Imperial and beyond, with some flying in from across Europe for the competition. A flagship event for the
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A capella teams at ICCAs
On Sunday 22nd February, three of Imperial’s a capella groups performed in the UK Championship quarterfinals, one of them qualifying for the semifinals. In first place, with 382 points was Nth Harmonic with their shiny silver outfits; in second place, with 378 points was the Houghtones from LSE; and,
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Progress in prostate cancer care
Salvage focal therapy offers renewed hope for men facing recurrent prostate cancer.
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How machine learning could transform the pharmaceutical industry
A conversation with Professor Miraz Rahman, Head of the Department of Drug Discovery at King’s College London.