Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
From a new grant to investigate how planets were formed, to a study that investigated how microbes are affected by river pollutants, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.
Building for NASA
Imperial College London researchers are part of a successful bid to contribute to NASA missions. With £1.1 million funding from the UK Space Agency (UKSA), the University of Sussex-led research team will be working on developments for a potential far-infrared probe mission to investigate the formation of planetary systems and the evolution of galaxies.
The funding is part of a £7.4 million investment in UK space research from the UKSA, to enable UK scientists and engineers to play a role in major global space missions. The coalition of research teams, which also includes the University of Cardiff and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, will develop optics, filters and data pipelines for NASA.
Dr Dave Clements, from the Department of Physics at Imperial, is part of the team. He said: "With UK technology and scientific know-how, Imperial can play a key role in these fantastic new missions."
