The Latest Breaking News from Imperial College London

'Plants will become crucial sources of vitamin B - we need to protect them'

Dr Miriam Stoppard says plant-based vitamins will play a vital role in our future as we consume fewer animal products. Scientists found more than 1,000 edible plants that could help deficiencies

Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2022

AI tool accurately predicts tumour regrowth in cancer patients

Exclusive: Tool predicts how likely tumours are to grow back in cancer patients after they have undergone treatment

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2022

'New cardiac arrest research prompts current treatment rethink to save patients'

Dr Miriam Stoppard says there is growing evidence showing implantable defibrillators - a small device that corrects abnormal heart rhythms - could save people who have complications following a heart attack

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2022

Your starter for 10: which university just won a record fourth title?

Imperial College London was today celebrating a record-equalling fourth University Challenge title.

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2022

Why some people in the same household get Covid and others don't

It remains one of the great mysteries that has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic

Wales Online · Apr 5, 2022

Air pollution levels return after first ‘zero-emission street’ in UK scrapped

Findings show the trial, which ended six months ago, was ‘working’, green campaigner says

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022

Pollution back at illegal levels on former ‘zero-emissions street’ in London

Experimental ban on petrol and diesel vehicles on Beech Street near Barbican ended in September

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022

Why the UK can’t rely on boosters to get through each new wave of Covid

The evidence suggests performance could be less predictable and effective in the future – though there are promising developments, says Danny Altmann, a professor of immunology at Imperial College London

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022

Patients with Covid and flu double the risk of dying, say scientists

There have been calls for those hospitalised with the coronavirus to be routinely test for influenza after new research revealed an increased mortality rate for those with both conditions

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022

People with Covid and flu at higher risk of severe illness and death

Research finds that having both is 2.4 times more likely to end in fatal circumstances than for people who only have the coronavirus alone or with other viruses

Wales Online · Mar 26, 2022