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Imperial/49: Winter 2020

We dive into the fantastical depths of Imperial's Science Fiction Library, see how nanomaterials and biosensors are transforming the way diagnoses are made, and explore how Imperial is playing its part in challenging discrimination and inequality at all levels. We also get our finger on the buzzer with the Imperial College Quiz Society, take a trip round Kensington Gardens with David Tyoember, and venture into the world of poetry with the College's Poet in Residence.

Features

A portrait image of one of the students featured in our We Can Do More piece

We can do more

...and we will. Discrimination and inequality must be challenged at all levels, and Imperial is playing its part.

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Illustration of meteor hitting a field full of dinosaurs

Extinction day

After the heat; after the dark; after the cold. New research is revealing exactly what happened the day the dinosaurs died.

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Flights of fantasy

Imperial’s Science Fiction Library is a unique window on our world – past, present and future.

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Professor Molly Stevens in her lab

Diagnosis at another level

Using nanomaterials and biosensors, Imperial is transforming the way diagnoses are made.

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Safe and sound

Data. Infrastructure. Borders. Imperial specialists are leading the effort to keep the nation safe.

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