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A new Imperial College London project will help develop custom-made 3D printed breathing masks for children using ventilators at home.

The First Lady of Ukraine and the UK Prime Minister's wife visited Imperial College London's Centre for Paediatric Blast Injury Studies at White City. First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska and the Prime Minister's wife Akshata Murty toured the Centre , which is the world's first research hub dedicated to studying and providing lifesaving innovations to children injured by explosive weapons.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From research to explain what causes a migrane, to funding that will allow researchers to deliver unprecedented imaging of the beating human heart, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

Researchers continue to make major contributions to some of Europe's biggest research projects through Horizon Europe.

An instrument built by Imperial physicists is on its way to be fitted onto NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a partnership to provide accommodation scholarships for care experienced and estranged students, to research on how arthropods could adapt to climate change, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial. Rent-free scholarships Imperial has partnered with the Unite Foundation to support three accommodation scholarships for care experienced and estranged undergraduate students starting in the 2024/25 academic year.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a partnership to provide accommodation scholarships for care experienced and estranged students, to research on how arthropods could adapt to climate change, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial. Rent-free scholarships Imperial has partnered with the Unite Foundation to support three accommodation scholarships for care experienced and estranged undergraduate students starting in the 2024/25 academic year.

Imperial and US scientists are spearheading a multi-institution network to research bacterial cause of sepsis and heart damage in children.

Researchers will partner with Hammersmith & Fulham Council and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust on local air quality research.

Professor Ian Walmsley appeared in front of the Science, Innovation and Technology select committee to discuss 'Commercialising Quantum Technologies' At the hearing, the third of the Committee's inqu

A new study from Imperial College London has revealed that the style and thickness of turbans affect the risk of serious head injury in Sikh cyclists Sudden impacts or jolts to the head can cause skull fractures and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). TBIs can cause bleeding, unconsciousness, and potential changes to the brain leading to memory loss, mood and personality changes and lack of concentration - sometimes many years after the initial injury.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a new way to tackle agricultural pests, to a grant awarded to develop quantum machine learning techniques for finance, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial. Medfly modifications Researchers have created the first gene drive for the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), a global agricultural pest affecting food production.

A UK consortium led by Imperial physicists has signed an agreement with Fermilab in the US to build a 100-meter-long quantum experiment.

A major spike in child obesity levels during the pandemic could cost the UK over £8 billion, according to a study involving researchers.

A new Imperial spinout company will use generative AI to help companies design higher performing materials for applications such as batteries.

Researchers at Imperial's Centre for Psychedelic Research are using brain imaging to understand addictions and devise new approaches to treating them. Addiction is like having your brain hijacked. The activities that used to make you feel happy and satisfied leave you cold, and only the object of the addiction triggers the brain's reward mechanisms.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From an award to celebrate outstanding international female scientists, to a new way to map solar cell movements, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

Researchers and businesses join forces across the AI landscape to collaborate on making AI more trusted, responsible, transparent and auditable.

New study reveals how ecosystem-connecting birds are exposed to extreme weather events likely to worsen with climate change.

A collaboration by Imperial College London, The University of Tokyo and Hitachi has identified top priorities to facilitate a roadmap to net zero.

Dr Martin Archer has won a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to work with Eutelsat OneWeb on a project using their satellites to monitor space weather.

High carbon emitting businesses in Asia will see consistent negative profits if they fail to decarbonise. This was the main conclusion of a new report published by the Centre for Climate Finance & Investment at Imperial College Business School, together with the Singapore Green Finance Centre. The report, Financial Implications of Carbon Pricing in the Asian Cement and Steel Industries , explores the financial impact of decarbonisation on Asian cement and steel companies covered by selected Asian Emission Trading Schemes.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From new guidance to help sustainable fishery management, to research that suggests our circadian 'biological' clock may help brain growth and repair, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From new guidance to help sustainable fishery management, to research that suggests our circadian 'biological' clock may help nerve growth and repair, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

Imperial College London welcomes the UK Government's Independent review of university spin-out companies, published on 21 November.