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As the world confronts COVID-19, Imperial is playing a leading role in the global effort to respond to the crisis. Its academics are advising policymakers, working to develop new vaccines and diagnostic tests. Friends heard direct from one of these key academics in the first lecture of the 2020-21 programme Read more
The Higgs field may hold answers to some fundamental questions about the Universe, from its beginnings to its current state and to its eventual end. Professor Rajante discussed what we have learnt since the Higgs Boson was discovered in 2012 Read more
Held in Tomorrow's Engineers Week, Friends discovered how Curiosity and Perseverance are exploring Mars in search of evidence for life in its distant past: exploration that is a close collaboration of engineering and science. Read more
In this online talk and panel discussion, Friends explored the science and ethics relating to neural interfaces. They also found out what's happening in the world of brain implants and what needs to be considered from ethical and regulatory viewpoints. Read more
Friends joined Associate Professor Suzie Imber on a journey to the inner rocky planets and the solar wind. Plus we had an update on the presence of phosphine, a bio-marker gas detected on Venus! Read more
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. Read more
For our first event in 2021, live streamed direct from Italy, this lecture explained how gravitational waves are detected, what we are learning and expect to learn from the European Gravitational Observatory. Read more
This was an exclusive event for Members and their guests with this leading department at Imperial – hearing how they are involved in the Mars 2020 mission plus to their most recent research of Antarctica Read more
How can we translate our understanding of quantum physics into technological and industrial products and services? We heard from the leading expert in this talk Read more
Members had an exclusive virtual visit to the Imperial centre of excellence for climate change. This hub of innovation drives discoveries and inventions through supporting start-ups. Read more
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. Read more
In this lecture we discovered biologically-inspired approaches to make skin stronger through ground-breaking Imperial research. We heard about ways being developed to accelerate wound closure, reduce scar formation, and make scar tissue resilient to injury. Read more