Adapted from a news release issued by Imanova - Tuesday 15 May 2012 - Imanova , a new state-of-the-art imaging centre co-owned by the Medical Research Council and three of London's leading universities, has been formally launched at a showcase event attended by representatives from the founding organisations and Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science.

by Colin Smith - Imperial researchers who are preventing brain injuries in newborn babies, fighting tuberculosis, improving the effectiveness of clinical trials and combating heart disease have been awarded prestigious Fellowships, it is announced today.

An evolutionary biologist, a medic and four physicists from Imperial College London have joined the Fellowship of the Royal Society this week as part of the 2012 election of 44 new fellows.

By Sam Wong - A lack of cooperation between doctors is allowing the number of leg amputations to remain high, despite major advances in treatment, warn experts from Imperial College London at an international symposium at the College today.

By Simon Levey - Thursday 29 March 2012 - A Professor at Imperial College London is amongst those taking part in a major event in central London this week looking at global sustainability.

A groundbreaking gene therapy trial for cystic fibrosis (CF) will begin in March, thanks to a new grant from a government funding body.

A successful investment management strategist, who also co-founded a global environment foundation, will deliver a special lecture at Imperial College London this week on a rare visit to the UK.

By Tanya Gubbay - Thursday 10 May 2012 - While studying at Imperial College Business School, budding entrepreneur Karl Harder came up with the idea for Abundance , an investment company that enables communities and individuals to invest directly in renewable energy projects across the UK and share in the benefits.

Joint issued by Imperial College London, Oxford University, University of Leicester and UCL - The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved a new mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons, to reveal fresh insights into the habitability of the ‘waterworlds' orbiting the giant planets in our solar system and beyond.

By Simon Levey - Wednesday 18 April 2012 - An Imperial College London physicist whose theories have underpinned the development of an 'invisibility cloak' has been elected as a member of the one of the USA's most prestigious societies, it is announced this week.

More than 600 million people could be fed each year by halting the spread of fungal diseases in the world's five most important crops, according to research published today .

Scientists are one step closer to making more complex microscopic biological machines, following improvements in the way that they can “re-wire” DNA in yeast, according to research published today in the journal PLoS ONE.

by Colin Smith - Work on a prototype device for harvesting energy and clean drinking water from human waste gets the go ahead this month.

For Immediate Release - Wednesday 15 February 2012 - Multi-million pound project to improve sustainability and efficiency of Russian oil industry is given green light - A £9.3 million international consortium to make oil refining in Russia more efficient and environmentally sustainable has been given the green light this week.