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Faculty of Science Research Showcase

Faculty of Science Research Showcase

Showcasing our innovative research from across the sciences, join us for a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions with academics and prize-winning PhD students from the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Read more

Start: 26th September, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 26th September, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 27th July, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: Blackett Building, Imperial College London, Guildford

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Science in Tuscany: ancient and modern

Science in Tuscany: ancient and modern

We are organising guided tours of interesting science sites in Tuscany including the Leaning Tower of Pisa; the European Gravitational Observatory; European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Florence University; Galileo Museum. Read more

Start: 2nd October, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 7th October, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 27th July, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: Pisa and Florence, Guildford

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First stars in the Universe

First stars in the Universe

In February 2018 we got the first glimpse of the creation of the first stars using radio telescopes and were blown away with what we saw. I will introduce what we think we know about the era of the first stars, why we already seem to have been proved wrong in a very exciting way with the first detection, and how the upcoming Square Kilometre Array, in Australia, will create an actual movie of our Universe growing up. Read more

Start: 9th October, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 9th October, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 22nd October, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: SAF Building, Imperial College London

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Behind-the-scenes @ Hamlyn Centre

Behind-the-scenes @ Hamlyn Centre

The Hamlyn Centre was established for developing safe, effective and accessible technologies to reshape the future of health care through the use of imaging, sensing and robotics in the developing and developed world. Read more

Start: 16th October, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 16th October, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 3rd August, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: Bessemer Building, South Kensington Campus

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Cassini, JUICE and beyond

Cassini, JUICE and beyond

The Cassini mission to the moons of Saturn led to the discovery of water and hydrocarbons around Enceladus. Now Prof Dougherty is planning a visit to the icy moons of Jupiter opening up new possibilities in the search for life. Read more

Start: 5th November, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 5th November, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 3rd August, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: SAF Building, Imperial College London

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Democratic energy systems

Democratic energy systems

Accelerating the UK transition to a decarbonised, decentralised and democratic energy system will have implications for all Read more

Start: 15th November, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 15th November, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 27th April, 2020

Author: John Talbot

Location: 170 Queens Gate, Imperial College London

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Life on the edge: quantum biology

Life on the edge: quantum biology

Like Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene, which provided a new perspective on how evolution works, Life on the Edge alters our understanding of life’s dynamics Read more

Start: 22nd November, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 22nd November, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 4th June, 2020

Author: John Talbot

Location: SAF Building, Imperial College London

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Behind-the-scenes @ Department of Aeronautics

Behind-the-scenes @ Department of Aeronautics

The Department of Aeronautics has excellent facilities for research and teaching. Research facilities support computational and experimental projects in fluid mechanics, structural analysis, composites, optimisation and control and aircraft design. Experimental research is supported by well-appointed laboratories and wind tunnels, some of the equipment being unique in this country. Read more

Start: 27th November, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 27th November, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 3rd August, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: ACE Extension, Imperial College London

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Meeting the challenge of climate change

Meeting the challenge of climate change

Distinguished climate warrior Sir Brian Hoskins spells out the challenges and proposes technological and political solutions Read more

Start: 6th December, 2018 at 12:00am

End: 6th December, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 17th January, 2020

Author: John Talbot

Location: SAF Building, Imperial College London

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Flies and mosquitos @ Natural History Museum

Flies and mosquitos @ Natural History Museum

A visit behind-the-scenes to the flies and mosquito collections and an insight into the research work being carried out Read more

Start: 16th January, 2019 at 12:00am

End: 16th January, 2019 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 3rd August, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: Natural History Museum - Queen's Gate entrance

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Fire: its secret life

Fire: its secret life

Fire is a good servant but a bad master. What can be done to mitigate the risks of fire in an ever more crowded world where its effects on the natural and built environment are increasing, as recent wild fires in California, Greece, Canada and Australia demonstrate as well disasters at Grenfell and fire's contribution to the loss of SS Titanic. Read more

Start: 23rd January, 2019 at 12:00am

End: 23rd January, 2019 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 9th August, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: SAF Building, Imperial College London

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Welcome to the quantum world

Welcome to the quantum world

Post Graduate students will be presenting their take on the next big challenge of the quantum world: developing real world technologies from research. It is just starting to happen. In the next five years technologies will be leaping out of the lab into our lives for example quantum metrology and quantum telecommunications. Read more

Start: 6th February, 2019 at 12:00am

End: 6th February, 2019 at 12:00am

Published: 16th July, 2019

Updated: 22nd October, 2019

Author: John Talbot

Location: SAF Building, Imperial College London

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    What lies beyond the Higgs boson?

    Our esteemed expert Professor Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee FRS covered 'What lies beyond the Higgs boson?' in this exclusive event for Members and their guests. Sir Tejinder Virdee is one of the founding fathers of the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider which in 2012 shared the credit for discovering the elusive Higgs boson.

  • Friends 2021-22 Programme Appeal

    Friends 2021-22 Programme Appeal

    Friends are reliant on event revenue and Memberships therefore our income is depleted through the pandemic. On the horizon is the 2021-22 programme. To create this, we need your support to provide a wealth of knowledge for a further year. We hope you can help - click here to donate!

  • “Thanks to Imperial”

    “Thanks to Imperial”

    This inaugural talk was by the new Friends of Imperial College Chair, Professor David Southwood CBE. He described how, thanks to Imperial and the great institution that it is, it set him off on a career which took him all over the globe and even (vicariously) to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and to the stars beyond.

  • Friends Christmas Party

    Friends Christmas Party

    Exclusively for Members and their guests, we held an entertaining hour of short talks, music and fun. For those Friends who had missed our social post-lecture drinks this year, this was (virtually) for them.

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  • Drugs, booze and politics: finding a balance

    Drugs, booze and politics: finding a balance

    Professor David Nutt, a well known proponent of drug law reform, talked about evidence-based analysis of the harm to the individual and wider community arising from alcohol, tobacco and a range of drugs, and how this is or should be used to inform policy at the national level.

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  • Black holes, entropy and strings

    Black holes, entropy and strings

    A full lecture theatre heard why black holes are amongst the most extraordinary objects in the universe.

  • Join Friends as a Member

    Join Friends as a Member

    Join as an annual Member and enjoy a range of benefits including free live streamed lectures, exclusive ‘fireside chat’ mini-lectures, reductions on ticket prices for in-person lectures and special Member-only visits. Click here for full details.

  • What lies beyond the Higgs boson?

    What lies beyond the Higgs boson?

    Our esteemed expert Professor Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee FRS covered 'What lies beyond the Higgs boson?' in this exclusive event for Members and their guests. Sir Tejinder Virdee is one of the founding fathers of the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider which in 2012 shared the credit for discovering the elusive Higgs boson.

  • Friends of Imperial College 2020/21 programme appeal

    Friends of Imperial College 2020/21 programme appeal

    Thank you so much for your willingness to support the creation of our 2020/21 programme. Together we can continue to provide inspiration through education!

  • Chirality and the future of electronics

    Chirality and the future of electronics

    Dr Jess Wade BEM, Imperial physicist, explained how in the right circumstances carbon could make a great replacement for silicon in a new wave of electronic devices.

  • Genomic Medicine: Report from the forefront

    Genomic Medicine: Report from the forefront

    Biomedical research has become a booming area of science with major implications for just about every aspect of medicine. In this lecture, we learnt if we are ready for them.

  • Behind-the-Scenes @ Physics Plasma Group

    Behind-the-Scenes @ Physics Plasma Group

    A Members-only exclusive Behind-the-Scenes visit to the largest university-based pulsed-power generator, MAGPIE, at Imperial College London

  • Cure: mind over body

    Cure: mind over body

    At this soirée, our Members were fascinated by author Jo Marchant's talk on alternatives to prescription drugs. The question 'can our minds really heal our bodies?' was dicsussed and it engaged everyone.

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