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As nations convene in Belém for #COP30, many have withdrawn from funds for climate mitigation and biodiversity protection
Read the Observer article, featuring research from @ic-cep.bsky.social's Dr Morena Mills and the recent paper on conservation abandonment
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Read the Observer article, featuring research from @ic-cep.bsky.social's Dr Morena Mills and the recent paper on conservation abandonment
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As nations convene in Belém for #COP30, many have withdrawn from funds for climate mitigation and biodiversity protection
Read the Observer article, featuring research from @ic-cep.bsky.social's Dr Morena Mills and the recent paper on conservation abandonment
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Read the Observer article, featuring research from @ic-cep.bsky.social's Dr Morena Mills and the recent paper on conservation abandonment
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Don't miss today's #FoNSMAD launch! ⬇️
All Imperial undergraduate students are invited to participate in the FoNS Make-A-Difference competition 2026!
Teams of students from all Faculties, will have the unique opportunity to showcase their creativity.
🗓️ Launch event 14.00, 12 November 🗓️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20148...
Teams of students from all Faculties, will have the unique opportunity to showcase their creativity.
🗓️ Launch event 14.00, 12 November 🗓️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20148...
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Don't miss today's #FoNSMAD launch! ⬇️
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Out today in @natecoevo.nature.com 'Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot'. Co-led by me and @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social as part of @catalyzconserv.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social & @imperialsci.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Amidst the collective push to establish nature conservation initiatives, little attention has been paid to ensuring that they persist over time. The abandonment of conservation commitments is a blind ...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Out today in @natecoevo.nature.com 'Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot'. Co-led by me and @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social as part of @catalyzconserv.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social & @imperialsci.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What are the true costs of climate disasters?
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
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#COP30
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
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#COP30
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What are the true costs of climate disasters?
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
#COP30
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
#COP30
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“Conservation is not just about starting something new, it’s about ensuring what we start endures.”
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
Imperial study highlights overlooked crisis of conservation abandonment | Imperial News | Imperial College London
As COP 30 gets underway today in Belem, Brazil, Imperial researchers warn about the abandonment of conservation initiatives.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Conservation is not just about starting something new, it’s about ensuring what we start endures.”
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
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We’re hiring!
Join Imperial's Department of Mathematics as an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Stats or Math Finance.
We have several posts available, so apply by 30 Nov 2025!
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Join Imperial's Department of Mathematics as an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Stats or Math Finance.
We have several posts available, so apply by 30 Nov 2025!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We’re hiring!
Join Imperial's Department of Mathematics as an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Stats or Math Finance.
We have several posts available, so apply by 30 Nov 2025!
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Join Imperial's Department of Mathematics as an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Stats or Math Finance.
We have several posts available, so apply by 30 Nov 2025!
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All Imperial undergraduate students are invited to participate in the FoNS Make-A-Difference competition 2026!
Teams of students from all Faculties, will have the unique opportunity to showcase their creativity.
🗓️ Launch event 14.00, 12 November 🗓️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20148...
Teams of students from all Faculties, will have the unique opportunity to showcase their creativity.
🗓️ Launch event 14.00, 12 November 🗓️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20148...
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
All Imperial undergraduate students are invited to participate in the FoNS Make-A-Difference competition 2026!
Teams of students from all Faculties, will have the unique opportunity to showcase their creativity.
🗓️ Launch event 14.00, 12 November 🗓️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20148...
Teams of students from all Faculties, will have the unique opportunity to showcase their creativity.
🗓️ Launch event 14.00, 12 November 🗓️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20148...
Today (29 October 2025) marks 100 years since the birth of Klaus Friedrich Roth.
The first British winner of the #FieldsMedal, the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, his discoveries in number theory established him one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.
The first British winner of the #FieldsMedal, the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, his discoveries in number theory established him one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Today (29 October 2025) marks 100 years since the birth of Klaus Friedrich Roth.
The first British winner of the #FieldsMedal, the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, his discoveries in number theory established him one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.
The first British winner of the #FieldsMedal, the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, his discoveries in number theory established him one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.
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Don't miss FoNS Social Mobility Week exploring Social Mobility at Imperial and beyond
Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major
Register now ⬇️
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Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major
Register now ⬇️
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October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Don't miss FoNS Social Mobility Week exploring Social Mobility at Imperial and beyond
Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major
Register now ⬇️
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Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major
Register now ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-scie...
Don't miss FoNS Social Mobility Week exploring Social Mobility at Imperial and beyond
Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major
Register now ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-scie...
Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major
Register now ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-scie...
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Don't miss FoNS Social Mobility Week exploring Social Mobility at Imperial and beyond
Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major
Register now ⬇️
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Sessions include 'how to network', a 'conversation on #SocialMobility at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, as well as a keynote with Professor Lee Elliot Major
Register now ⬇️
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A huge well done to Idil Igde from @imperialphysics.bsky.social and Arda Kancal from the Dyson School of Design Engineering on such an exciting and important achievement! 👏👏
Congratulations to D-View! Winners of this year's FoNS-MAD!
They created an autonomous drone system that uses low-cost geophone sensors to locate trapped earthquake survivor and took home the £7,000 prize
Read more ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270513/...
#ourimperial
They created an autonomous drone system that uses low-cost geophone sensors to locate trapped earthquake survivor and took home the £7,000 prize
Read more ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270513/...
#ourimperial
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A huge well done to Idil Igde from @imperialphysics.bsky.social and Arda Kancal from the Dyson School of Design Engineering on such an exciting and important achievement! 👏👏
Two experiments involving Imperial scientists have created the world's most precise measurement of the difference between the mass of two types of #neutrino
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Two experiments involving Imperial scientists have created the world's most precise measurement of the difference between the mass of two types of #neutrino
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
Congratulations to D-View! Winners of this year's FoNS-MAD!
They created an autonomous drone system that uses low-cost geophone sensors to locate trapped earthquake survivor and took home the £7,000 prize
Read more ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270513/...
#ourimperial
They created an autonomous drone system that uses low-cost geophone sensors to locate trapped earthquake survivor and took home the £7,000 prize
Read more ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270513/...
#ourimperial
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Congratulations to D-View! Winners of this year's FoNS-MAD!
They created an autonomous drone system that uses low-cost geophone sensors to locate trapped earthquake survivor and took home the £7,000 prize
Read more ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270513/...
#ourimperial
They created an autonomous drone system that uses low-cost geophone sensors to locate trapped earthquake survivor and took home the £7,000 prize
Read more ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270513/...
#ourimperial
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🚨Calling all Physics Students! 🚨
Thinking about a career in fusion energy or plasma science? ⚡️
Come to our free careers day on Wednesday 12 November!
🎓 Talks, networking, careers advice
🌍 Open to students worldwide
📍 Attend in-person or online
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Thinking about a career in fusion energy or plasma science? ⚡️
Come to our free careers day on Wednesday 12 November!
🎓 Talks, networking, careers advice
🌍 Open to students worldwide
📍 Attend in-person or online
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October 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🚨Calling all Physics Students! 🚨
Thinking about a career in fusion energy or plasma science? ⚡️
Come to our free careers day on Wednesday 12 November!
🎓 Talks, networking, careers advice
🌍 Open to students worldwide
📍 Attend in-person or online
🔗 lnkd.in/ezb9zBSV
Thinking about a career in fusion energy or plasma science? ⚡️
Come to our free careers day on Wednesday 12 November!
🎓 Talks, networking, careers advice
🌍 Open to students worldwide
📍 Attend in-person or online
🔗 lnkd.in/ezb9zBSV
A new discovery published in Science reveals the key pigment behind far-red photosynthesis, a new, low-energy form of oxygenic #photosynthesis.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270033/...
#ourimperial
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270033/...
#ourimperial
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A new discovery published in Science reveals the key pigment behind far-red photosynthesis, a new, low-energy form of oxygenic #photosynthesis.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270033/...
#ourimperial
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270033/...
#ourimperial
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Delighted to congratulate Dr Lauren Cator and international colleagues on receiving a £1.47M Wellcome Discovery Award.
This project will investigate how evolutionary dynamics can be harnessed to strengthen mosquito control strategies. Well done Lauren and team!
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268933/...
This project will investigate how evolutionary dynamics can be harnessed to strengthen mosquito control strategies. Well done Lauren and team!
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268933/...
New Wellcome award to harness evolution for mosquito control | Imperial News | Imperial College London
An international team led by Imperial has been awarded a £1.47 million Wellcome Discovery Award.
www.imperial.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Delighted to congratulate Dr Lauren Cator and international colleagues on receiving a £1.47M Wellcome Discovery Award.
This project will investigate how evolutionary dynamics can be harnessed to strengthen mosquito control strategies. Well done Lauren and team!
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268933/...
This project will investigate how evolutionary dynamics can be harnessed to strengthen mosquito control strategies. Well done Lauren and team!
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268933/...
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Want to learn more about quantum technologies?
Discover insights from Imperial's Professor Sir Peter Knight on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific, as he explores #quantum mechanics and its future tech impact.
🔗 Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Discover insights from Imperial's Professor Sir Peter Knight on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific, as he explores #quantum mechanics and its future tech impact.
🔗 Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Life Scientific - Peter Knight on quantum technologies - BBC Sounds
Peter Knight on quantum computing and the strange physics of light.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Want to learn more about quantum technologies?
Discover insights from Imperial's Professor Sir Peter Knight on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific, as he explores #quantum mechanics and its future tech impact.
🔗 Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Discover insights from Imperial's Professor Sir Peter Knight on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific, as he explores #quantum mechanics and its future tech impact.
🔗 Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Failure by the UK to stop adding greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere by 2050 would lead to more damaging and costly impacts, warn Imperial scientists
#climatechange #NetZero
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/269673/...
@granthamicl.bsky.social
#climatechange #NetZero
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/269673/...
@granthamicl.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Failure by the UK to stop adding greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere by 2050 would lead to more damaging and costly impacts, warn Imperial scientists
#climatechange #NetZero
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/269673/...
@granthamicl.bsky.social
#climatechange #NetZero
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/269673/...
@granthamicl.bsky.social
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🎬OUT TODAY!
Our new film is here: Net Zero: The Inside Story of the UK’s Climate Target
In 2019, the UK made history — the first major economy to commit to #NetZero by 2050.
Now, scientists (and a former PM 👀) reveal how it happened and why it matters.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY
Our new film is here: Net Zero: The Inside Story of the UK’s Climate Target
In 2019, the UK made history — the first major economy to commit to #NetZero by 2050.
Now, scientists (and a former PM 👀) reveal how it happened and why it matters.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY
October 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🎬OUT TODAY!
Our new film is here: Net Zero: The Inside Story of the UK’s Climate Target
In 2019, the UK made history — the first major economy to commit to #NetZero by 2050.
Now, scientists (and a former PM 👀) reveal how it happened and why it matters.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY
Our new film is here: Net Zero: The Inside Story of the UK’s Climate Target
In 2019, the UK made history — the first major economy to commit to #NetZero by 2050.
Now, scientists (and a former PM 👀) reveal how it happened and why it matters.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY
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Applications are invited for Chapman Fellow in Mathematics (Statistics Section) at the Department of Mathematics.
Closing date: 11 November 2025
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Closing date: 11 November 2025
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October 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Applications are invited for Chapman Fellow in Mathematics (Statistics Section) at the Department of Mathematics.
Closing date: 11 November 2025
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs//search...
Closing date: 11 November 2025
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs//search...
Meet D-View, the team in the #FoNSMAD final creating earthquake rescue drones.
Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.
Register your place now www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...
Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.
Register your place now www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...
October 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Meet D-View, the team in the #FoNSMAD final creating earthquake rescue drones.
Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.
Register your place now www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...
Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.
Register your place now www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...
Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for winning the #NobelPrize in Chemistry for work on metal-organic frameworks
Their work could tackle some of the biggest problems on our planet, including capturing carbon dioxide to help tackle #climatechange
Their work could tackle some of the biggest problems on our planet, including capturing carbon dioxide to help tackle #climatechange
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for winning the #NobelPrize in Chemistry for work on metal-organic frameworks
Their work could tackle some of the biggest problems on our planet, including capturing carbon dioxide to help tackle #climatechange
Their work could tackle some of the biggest problems on our planet, including capturing carbon dioxide to help tackle #climatechange
The #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics paving the way for a new generation of very powerful computers
Some of our FoNS academics working in this exciting area share their reactions⬇️
Some of our FoNS academics working in this exciting area share their reactions⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics paving the way for a new generation of very powerful computers
Some of our FoNS academics working in this exciting area share their reactions⬇️
Some of our FoNS academics working in this exciting area share their reactions⬇️
Meet ANA, the team in the #FoNSMAD final creating a wearable EEG patch for brain health.
Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.
Register your place now ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...
Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.
Register your place now ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Meet ANA, the team in the #FoNSMAD final creating a wearable EEG patch for brain health.
Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.
Register your place now ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...
Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.
Register your place now ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...
Join us for Social Mobility Week, a 5-day series of events on w/c 27 October celebrating and exploring Social Mobility at Imperial and beyond
See the full range of events taking place during social mobility week and register here ⬇️
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See the full range of events taking place during social mobility week and register here ⬇️
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October 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join us for Social Mobility Week, a 5-day series of events on w/c 27 October celebrating and exploring Social Mobility at Imperial and beyond
See the full range of events taking place during social mobility week and register here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-scie...
See the full range of events taking place during social mobility week and register here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-scie...