Live! http://live.cgcu.net/ The latest news from Live!, the student news website of Imperial College. en-gb Copyright 1999-2007 C&G Media Group editor@cgcu.net (Live! Editor) webmaster@cgcu.net (Live! webmaster) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:25:49 +0000 http://live.cgcu.net/images/live_rss.png Live! http://live.cgcu.net/ 88 50 Professor Dermot Kelleher named as Principal of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London Professor Dermot Kelleher FMedSci, one of Ireland's foremost medical leaders and a pioneer in the field of immune response and infectious disease, has been appointed Principal of Imperial's Faculty of Medicine. He takes up the role on 1 October 2012. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:25:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Muhammad Khas IC Robotic Competition in Russia Last year 30 students entered the international robotics competition Eurobot: ?Chess ?Up?. Robots had to autonomously navigate a 2mx3m arena finding circular pawns, stacking and placing them into scoring zones. With an opponent in the arena too, there wer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:51:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Muhammad Khas Waking Your Week Out When you have lectures starting at 9:00 and seven problem sheets pending a week; when drop-in tutorials and library workshops occupy your sole lunch hour before a 3-hour laboratory session kicks in; when your last lecture ends at 18:00 just before your 2- Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:36:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Soe Thet San An alternative solution to curing dengue fever? It is very rare that scientists openly discuss how to wipe out an entire species, but recently, researchers in Mexico are seeing this as a means to stop the spread of dengue fever. Currently a major contagious endemic in more than 11 countries spread acro Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:53:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Andris Piebalgs The Brainy CPU What would you say if your smart device started self-learning different languages and became your smart personal translator? What if it had completed a study of quantum mechanics and became your virtual tutor (my wishful thinking to pass a Christmas exam) Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:49:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Soe Thet San £1m for Engineers? Oh yes. We deserve this. Engineers and scientists have been far too overlooked and neglected behind their workbenches and laboratory rooms. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:45:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Soe Thet San Computing in IT Security Breach Students and staff in the Department of Computing are being forced to change their passwords after a breach in security on a departmental server. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:11:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Tintin Rector Pied in Name of Charity Imperial College Rector Sir Keith O'Nions has found himself in a sticky situation, after being hit in the face by a cream pie by the university's RAG "Hit Squad". Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:39:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Lawrence Weetman Imperial First to Set £9k Fees Imperial College London has become the UK's first university to announce tuition fees of £9,000. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:42:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Lawrence Weetman WATERGATE: Biochemistry Flooded Imperial College's Chemistry building has re-opened, whilst Biochemistry remains closed following a "major flood". Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:14:00 +0000 News live@imperial.ac.uk Lawrence Weetman