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Professor Dermot Kelleher named as Principal of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London
Muhammad Khas
Jan 09 2012 13:25

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.

IC Robotic Competition in Russia
Muhammad Khas
Dec 08 2011 15:51

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

Waking Your Week Out
Soe Thet San
Dec 08 2011 15:36

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-

An alternative solution to curing dengue fever?
Andris Piebalgs
Dec 08 2011 14:53

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

Fabricated analog very-large-scale integration (VLSI) chip used to mimic neuronal processes involved in memory and learning. (Image: Guy Rachmuth)

The Brainy CPU
Soe Thet San
Dec 08 2011 14:49

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)