Imperial scientists have been testing quantum-enhanced sensors for inertial navigation with the Royal Navy. Unlike GPS, which doesn’t work underground or underwater, quantum sensors are super accurate, stable over long periods of time, and resilient to interference. 📺 ⤵️

Imperial researchers celebrate a landmark achievement as NASA’s #IMAPmission sends back its first data from space. All instruments on board NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft have successfully recorded their first measurements. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

🎁✨ Quantum Christmas Presents! ✨�� Looking for the perfect gift for the curious minds in your life? This holiday season, we’re celebrating the International Year of Quantum with presents – including some brilliant reads from Imperial academics.

🔎Imperial researchers in a record-breaking dark matter hunt! Scientists from @imperialphysics.bsky.social have helped set new limits on dark matter and achieved a breakthrough in detecting neutrinos from the Sun’s core as part of @lzdarkmatter.bsky.social 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

The Grantham Institute is inviting applications for fully funded PhD studentships that support our current priority areas of research in climate and environmental science 🧵 Deadline: Monday 12 January. Further project details and information on how to apply are listed here: ow.ly/alHv50XCRzx

Need something inspiring for your commute?🎙️ Imperial's Yasmin Andrew joined Brian Cox & Robin Ince on The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast to discuss ⚡️nuclear fusion: how it works, challenges to overcome and the future of clean energy. 👉Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🌍🧬 190 years after Darwin landed in Falmouth, we're still asking how his ideas hold up in a world reshaped by climate change & habitat loss. Check out BBC Radio 4 Rare Earth with our own Prof Armand Leroi, bringing insight into how evolution is playing out right now. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

A new study led by researchers in @imperiallifesci.bsky.social, based at Silwood Park, shows that land-use change is undermining ecosystem stability by reducing the functional diversity of bird communities. Read more ⬇️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

The Faculty of Natural Sciences is now on LinkedIn! Follow us on LinkedIn to find the latest updates, research and events from the Faculty, as well as from our departments and institutes. Follow us here ➡️ www.linkedin.com/company/impe...

Exciting news that support from the Michael Uren Foundation will transform ecological research at our Silwood Park Campus. A new state-of-the-art controlled environment research facility will enable researchers to recreate any environment. Read more ⬇️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

This #WorldAMRWeek, £45m in GSK funding has been allocated to new research programmes combining expertise and using cutting edge AI technology to accelerate #AMR research. Read more ⬇️

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...

Don't miss today's #FoNSMAD launch! ⬇️

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...

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

“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. 🌍

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-...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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/...

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

🚨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

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

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/...

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/...

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

🎬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

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...

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...

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

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⬇️

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...

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...

Researchers, including those from Imperial, have shown for the first time in stunning detail how #antibiotics act against harmful bacteria They have shown how polymyxins are able to pierce the armour of E. coli and kill the microbe Read how ⬇️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/269074/...

We want to wish a huge welcome to all our new FoNS students starting this week and welcome back to all our students returning! We are excited to get stuck into the Autumn term and wish you all the best for the year ahead #ImperialSci #OurImperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

The AI in Science Centre and @imperialmaths.bsky.social are hosting a talk on 'Statistical Properties of the Rectified Transport' with Dr Gonzalo Mena 🗓️Tuesday 30 September, 12.10 - 12.50 BST, White City Campus/online, open to all Register your free place now ⬇️ www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19888...

I am looking for a motivated #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join my group at Imperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social. The project focuses on #Antimicrobial #Materials & #Biomimetic #Interfaces Please repost! @imperialsci.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵 Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.

On #WorldPatientSafetyDay, we’re reminded that every child has the right to safe, quality care – from the very beginning. Dr Cheryl Battersby explains how the neoWONDER project is using data to improve lifelong outcomes for very premature babies. Find out more 👉 neowonder.co.uk/about-neowon...

Imperial staff and students are invited to the live stream watch party for the Launch of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) Mission 🚀 Tuesday 23 September, 11.30 – 13.30 🚀 Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus Sign up now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19803... #ImperialSci

Exciting development published in Nature from @calumgabbutt.bsky.social et al looking at an innovative method to trace tumour evolution using patterns of fluctuating DNA modifications, which could revolutionise personalised cancer care across many cancer types @imperialmaths.bsky.social

Imperial researchers have discovered how ‘pirate phages’ hijack other viruses to break into bacteria, sharing new genetic material for dangerous traits. This discovery that could be harnessed to tackle #AMR Read more ⬇️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268213/...

The effectiveness of community-based conservation under climate-induced shocks has now been quantified thanks to research by Dr Matthew Clark (@ic-cep.bsky.social) & Dr Adam Sykulski (@imperialmaths.bsky.social) Supported by @TurnerKirkTrust Watch the video⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Ne...

This week's FoNS Research Showcase may have been cancelled due to the Tube strikes, but staff and students can still vote in the poster competition Submit your vote for who should win the 'People's Choice Award' by 15.00 by Thursday 11 September Vote now! www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-scie...

Using a macaque population as a case study, research by Dr Dante Kalise (Dep. of Mathematics) & Pro. Vincent Savolaine (@imperiallifesci.bsky.social), and @turner-kirk.com, has shown that leadership & anticipation are critical to animal survival Watch the video⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4wc...

Don't miss your chance to join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions at the Faculty of Natural Sciences Research Showcase, taking place next week Register your free place now. Open to all: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397... #ImperialSci