Imperial/47: Winter 2019–20

Professors Claudia Rham and Andrew Tolley

Turning gravity upside down

Professors Claudia de Rham and Andrew Tolley have a new theory on gravity, and it challenges or our very understanding of what it is and how it works.

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In this issue

We learn about Professor Peter Allison's passion for rocks, hear from alumni about what's behind their choice of career in the world of politics, and visit medical student, Arian Arjomandi Rad's favourite spot, Hyde Park. We also explore the fight to protect us from antifungal resistance, Imperial's role in the hunt for a cure for HIV and whether bots could help to combat the spread of fake news.

Features

Former editor of Felix Judith Hackney reading an archive copy of the paper outside the main building at Beit Quad

The cat that got the cream

As Felix turns 70, some its leading players – past and present – give us the stories behind the headlines.

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A petri dish showing the mould fusarium proliferatum

Antifungal resistance

Fungi are evolving, but, thankfully, Imperial researchers are leading the fight to protect us all.

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Fake news

Do bots help to spread fake news? No, but they could be part of the answer. We look at the truth behind the headlines.

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A red ribbon

The search for a cure

For the past 25 years, Imperial has been at the heart of the hunt for a cure for HIV. This is the story of that search: of the highs, the lows, the setbacks – and the breakthroughs.

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Regulars

A group of Imperial alumni on a tour of the Large Hadron Collider facilities at CERN

From the President

Professor Alice Gast discusses the importance of making connections.

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Professor Peter Allison

Adventures in... Deep time diversity

Professor Peter Allison's passion for rocks.

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Dr Ana Mijic

Imperative

Dr Ana Mijic says now is the time for new ideas in water management.

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Members of the Soup Run Society serving drinks outside Lincoln's Inn Fields in London

Society

On the streets with the Soup Run Society.

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Puzzles

The ultimate prize puzzle challenge.

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Our Imperial

Three alumni discuss what's behind their choice of career in the world of politics.

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Dataset

Professor Eric Aboagye and the fight against the silent killer – ovarian cancer.

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Dr Freddie Page

Disruptor

Success shouldn't just be measured in grades, says Dr Freddie Page.

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Student Arian Arjomandi Rad sat beneath a tree in Hyde Park and holding a book

My Imperial

Medical student Arian Arjomandi Rad shares his love of Hyde Park.

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