Inspired by Kombucha Microbes, Scientists Create 'Living Materials'
Engineered living materials could be used to detect and filter contaminants in water, in packaging to detect and alert to damage, and act as "living photographs"
Articles by Imperial College London
Forest Patrol Drones Could Monitor Environmental and Ecological Changes
Researchers have developed drones that can shoot sensor-containing darts onto trees several meters away in cluttered environments like forests
Cannabis Compound Blocks Pain Pathway
Research team gains new insight into how cannabis dulls pain
Fungus Leather Substitute Could Be Eco-Friendlier Than Other Kinds
Unlike its traditional and synthetic counterparts, producing fungi-based leather uses fewer hazardous chemicals and releases less extra carbon into the atmosphere
World Can Likely Capture and Store Enough CO2 to Meet Climate Targets
Carbon capture and storage would be used alongside other interventions such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and electrification of the transportation sector
Scientists and Schoolkids Find Family Soups Have Antimalarial Properties
Researchers from Imperial College London helped schoolchildren test their family soup broths for activity against the malaria parasite
Extreme Rainfall Events Are Connected Across the World
Extreme rainfall—defined as the top five percent of rainy days—often forms a pattern at the local level
New Material Could ‘Drive Wound Healing’ Using the Body's Inbuilt Healing System
A new molecule could change the way traditional materials work with the body
Recurrent Miscarriage Linked to Faulty Sperm
The study team hope these findings may open new avenues to finding treatments to reduce the risk of miscarriage
Oxygen Could Have Been Available to Life as Early as 3.5 Billion Years Ago
The finding could change ideas of how and when complex life evolved on Earth