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A new study highlights the need for government support for large-scale badger vaccination to eradicate bovine tuberculosis. The study, published today in People and Nature , reports on the results of a four-year pilot badger vaccination programme co-managed between farmers, scientists, and conservationists.

A new tool from Imperial and Molecular Dimensions could help biologists rapidly uncover valuable insights into the proteins found in cell membranes. Imperial is working with the company to commercialise a high-throughput test that will help scientists to acquire fundamental knowledge about integral membrane proteins - components of living cells that are the targets for 60% of prescribed drugs.

Dr Simon Singh, science writer and Imperial College London alumnus, returned to give a lecture to open an international atomic physics conference.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From researchers collaborating on a new set of Quantum Hubs, to how universities play a crucial role in the UK's research and development ecosystem, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

A new spinout will use AI and innovative experimental methods to improve the manufacturing of products such as drugs and fertilisers.

The Fleming Initiative is calling for designs for its inaugural Centre at St Mary's Hospital.

An Imperial researcher won a Royal Society Pairing Scheme fellowship and spent time discussing science and policy with Baroness Neville-Jones.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a new model to better understand how cells 'make decisions' to research on how lifestyle choices could help improve survival for colon cancer patients , here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

GSK will become the first partner of the new Imperial-led Fleming Initiative, which aims to tackle antimicrobial resistance globally.

The world's first transatlantic flight run on 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel saved 95 tonnes of carbon dioxide, results show. The findings from the Virgin Atlantic -led Flight100 project , which involved a consortium of experts from Imperial College London, University of Sheffield, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, BP, and others, show that Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is safe to use with existing infrastructure and can deliver significant reductions in CO2 emissions.

Researchers will build and evaluate replicas of patients' hearts online A team of interdisciplinary researchers will create and test the first 'digital twin' heart models for a group of chronically ill NHS patients, to find out if they provide better monitoring and ultimately better care.

Thousands of patients in the UK could benefit from a new screening trial to detect prostate cancer.

Companies' emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective paper.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From research awards in environmental science and neutron physics, to comments on new research that hopes to understand why inflammation is different in men and women, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial. Environmental research awards Two research papers involving experts from Imperial's Environmental Research Group (ERG) have received awards from scientific journals for the quality of their work this month.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From an experiment lasting millionths of a billionth of a second, to fellowships in biology and medicine, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

'Telemedicine' patients were 76% less likely to be readmitted to hospital within six months than those on standard care Remote monitoring of patients who had recently had a heart attack was found to have a significant effect on readmissions to hospital, in research carried out at Imperial College London with patients at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Innovative material suppliers are looking to retain ownership over the metals and chemicals they supply as a new sustainable business model takes off.

An international group of researchers specialising in human challenge studies is embarking on a project to develop advanced virus-blocking vaccines.