Prince William launches Earthshot Prize to award £50 million to climate solutions
The Duke of Cambridge has become the latest celebrity to speak out about the urgency of climate action as he announced the Earthshot Prize last week.
Curing The Incurable: Why RNA May Be The Answer To Solving Genetic Disease
RNA, despite being known primarily for its role in protein synthesis, is a particularly effective gene therapeutic.
Seven Decades of Discovery
From 1949 to the present day, a selection of the science that happens at Imperial
70 Years of STEM Nobel Prizes & Fields Medals
From 1949 to the present day, here are 70 awards, one per year, given to Imperial and non-Imperial scientists alike to celebrate their achievements in the natural sciences and medicine
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson: Imperial’s Honoured Chemist and Recipient of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
If you’re not a Chemistry student, or even if you are, you may have not heard of this famous Nobel laureate and Imperial alumnus. But you should.
Reimagined, Redesigned, and Revamped
It makes up part of the scenery at Imperial, sitting just a right turn out of the South Kensington tube station on Exhibition Road, but the Science Museum’s latest gallery is more than just background viewing
The Power of Bugs in Today’s Climate Crisis
We all know the climate crisis is not one to be ignored for many reasons: increased natural disasters, extinction of wild animals, rising sea levels, food shortages and many more – but microorganisms may be the one to watch
Snap! Goes the Future…
Natural innovations: New research shows how far the development of biomimetic sensors has come and the potential they have for mimicking real-life nervous systems
Caterpillar, Butterfly, or Insect?
Evolutionary origins of how plants recognise their predators, plus plant-talk as an information sharing model
From the Lab to your Plate – the Science Behind Five Intriguing Foods
Missed your weekly dose of food? Ex-Food Editor (and your newest Science Editor) Julia is back and easing into her new role with a fusion of the two for a light read…
In Summary: Nobel Prize 2019
Science editor Sânziana Foia gives an overview of the research behind this year’s science Nobel Prizes
Resistance is Futile: Why Antibiotic Overprescribing Remains a National and Global Problem
Antimicrobial resistance is a problem that we’ve known about for around 75 years now, with Alexander Fleming referring to it in his Nobel Prize speech way back in 1945. Since then the problem has become recognised internationally. It is estimated that around 700,000 people every year die from