The retrovirus conundrum
How do retroviruses insert their genome into host DNA?
Brain power needed for tools
Question of how Stone Age man evolved to craft increasingly superior stone tools answered
Cosmic zoom lenses magnify galaxies
What exactly are gravitational lenses and how do they work?
Deadly bacteria found to kill cancer
MRSA could be used to fight cancer
Diabetes: is it too late?
As World Diabetes Day approaches, what can be done?
Do babies dream in the womb?
“Being a foetus is fun”: daydreaming begins before birth
Hawking’s lesson for life
On Wednesday 20th October, a very rare public lecture was given by one of the most famous and respected physicists alive today, Stephen Hawking, at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington
Strung along by Brian Greene
Brian Greene and the controversies surrounding string theory
Swine flu carried deadly mutation
Researchers at Imperial have been part of a global team whose latest research is giving greater insight into what caused tens of thousands of fatalities during last year’s H1N1 pandemic
Imperial bid for Antarctic record
Pioneering new vehicle set to beat the record for fastest journey to South Pole
Stirred but not shaken
Professor Christopher Andrew, MI5’s official historian, speaks on science in the security service at the Vincent Briscoe Annual Security Lecture
When one mosquito becomes two
A new threat emerges in the battle against malaria