Adapted from a news release issued by Imanova - Tuesday 15 May 2012 - Imanova , a new state-of-the-art imaging centre co-owned by the Medical Research Council and three of London's leading universities, has been formally launched at a showcase event attended by representatives from the founding organisations and Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science.

by Colin Smith - Imperial researchers who are preventing brain injuries in newborn babies, fighting tuberculosis, improving the effectiveness of clinical trials and combating heart disease have been awarded prestigious Fellowships, it is announced today.

Robotic surgery, spray-on-clothing and science stand-up feature among the music, comedy and science demonstrations at Imperial College London's first public festival - **Festival open on 11 and 12 May** - Where can you analyse your fingerprints, try your hand at surgery and have a pint with a professor, while listening to music and comedy?

Imperial's laboratories are home to tens of thousands of mosquitoes that are specially bred to help researchers understand and prevent the spread of devastating diseases such as malaria.

By Tanya Gubbay - Monday 23 April 2012 - A new global ranking of the entrepreneurial performance of countries puts the UK in joint 14th place, behind the US (1st) and Australia (2nd), and European countries including Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark and Belgium.

By Tanya Gubbay - Thursday 10 May 2012 - While studying at Imperial College Business School, budding entrepreneur Karl Harder came up with the idea for Abundance , an investment company that enables communities and individuals to invest directly in renewable energy projects across the UK and share in the benefits.

Joint issued by Imperial College London, Oxford University, University of Leicester and UCL - The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved a new mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons, to reveal fresh insights into the habitability of the ‘waterworlds' orbiting the giant planets in our solar system and beyond.

Imperial College London announces plans for new leadership - Search for first Provost launched today - Rector becomes President & Rector - Imperial College London today announces plans for new leadership arrangements which will separate the current responsibilities of the Rector, and create a new role of Provost.

Next month sees Imperial opening its doors to the public for the first ever Imperial Festival on 11 and 12 May.

An evolutionary biologist, a medic and four physicists from Imperial College London have joined the Fellowship of the Royal Society this week as part of the 2012 election of 44 new fellows.