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13 July 2022

Imperial students set to send reusable rocket into space

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FoNS at the Great Exhibition Road Festival 2022!

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Strongest magnetic fields in the universe aid the search for magnetic monopoles

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31 December 2021

New Year Honours for Imperial community

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29 November 2021

Five Imperial academics given Institute of Physics awards and fellowships

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26 October 2021

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28 January 2021

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15 December 2020

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27 November 2020

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29 October 2020

Three Imperial academics win Institute of Physics awards

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15 January 2020

Imperial physicist and chemist honoured in premier young scientist awards

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19 November 2019

James Stirling: renowned physicist, respected academic leader, trusted colleague

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31 October 2019

Lecture theatre transformation enables diverse forms of teaching at Imperial

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03 July 2019

Common scents don’t always make the best perfumes, suggests mathematical study

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Work begins on transformative renovations to lecture theatres

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25 January 2019

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25 May 2018

Two Imperial academics awarded the Adams Prize

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14 March 2018

Imperial professors pay tribute to their former teacher Stephen Hawking

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Eminent physicist Professor Sir Tom Kibble memorialised with new portrait

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16 January 2018

Imperial physicist wins first-of-its-kind science prize

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Stephen Hawking awarded Imperial College London's highest honour

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Creating a cosmic symphony: pioneering theorist Mike Duff on uniting physics

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Three Imperial scientists scoop Institute of Physics prizes

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29 March 2017

Expanding horizons: throwing new light on dark energy

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General relativity anniversary: How do we know it is true?

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General relativity anniversary: the past, present and future of spacetime

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