15 Current news of Imperial College of London
rss03-09-2012
A biopsy is a painful and scarring but often unavoidable procedure, to decide whether a suspicious looking region on the skin is cancer or a harmless spot. Now, scientists attained promising results of autofluorescence and reflectance measurements of tissue as a noninvasive approach for basal ...
Six new genetic variants will help identify diagnostic markers and drug targets for the 55 million Asian’s affected
10-12-2011
An international team of researchers led by Imperial College London has identified six new genetic variants that could potentially be the causative agents of type 2 diabetes in South Asian populations (Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, and Sri Lankan). The findings published in Nature Genetics, ...
06-07-2010
Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded Professors Mark L. Brongersma of Stanford University and Stefan A. Maier of Imperial College London are investigating new applications for terahertz sensors. Based on their research, these sensors could be used for improving optical sources, ...
04-29-2010
Chronic high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a serious health risk factor that afflicts more than 25% of all adults worldwide, but the molecular basis of the disease remains poorly understood. In a study published in Genome Research, scientists have sequenced the genome of the ...
09-01-2009
Scientists have developed a new molecular sensor that can reveal the amount of zinc in cells, which could tell us more about a number of diseases, including type 2 diabetes. The research, published in Nature Methods, opens the door to the hidden world of zinc biology by giving scientists an ...
08-12-2009
Researchers may be able to predict how people will respond to particular drugs by analysing their urine samples, suggest scientists behind a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Not all drugs are effective in all patients and occasionally, susceptible ...
08-04-2009
A new chemical imaging technique could one day help in the fight against atherosclerosis, suggests research published in the August 2009 edition of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Atherosclerosis is the disease underlying most heart attacks and strokes and it is characterised by ...
07-28-2009
Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology, thanks to research published in the journal Nature Materials. Many scientists are currently trying to create bone-like materials, derived from stem cells, to implant into patients who have damaged ...
04-14-2009
Scientists have designed tiny new sensor structures that could be used in novel security devices to detect poisons and explosives, or in highly sensitive medical sensors. The new 'nanosensors', which are based on a fundamental science discovery in UK, Belgian and US research groups, could be ...
The BNC creates the London Nanotube , the smallest map of the London Underground
02-13-2009
Researchers at Bio Nano Consulting (BNC) have produced a miniaturized version of the London tube map, measuring only 2x3 mm - about the size of a pinhead. The map was etched using specialised lasers by Dr Richard Winkle, a BNC researcher at Imperial College London, whilst testing the ...
