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- UK universities take £40m in fossil fuel funding since 2022 Wed, 4 Oct 23, 8:00pmFoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest
- UK universities take £41m in fossil fuel funding since 2022 Wed, 4 Oct 23, 8:00pmFoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest
- Peter Ackers obituary Wed, 16 Mar 22, 6:54amMy father, Peter Ackers, who has died aged 97, was a civil engineer and an expert in hydraulics. He worked on projects all over the world, involving hydropower, tidal energy, coastal protection, reservoir spillways and other...
- Model used to evaluate lockdowns was flawed Wed, 30 Dec 20, 5:00amIn a recent study, researchers from Imperial College London developed a model to assess the effect of different measures used to curb the spread of the coronavirus...
- What SAGE Has Got Wrong Tue, 20 Oct 20, 8:00amSAGE made – and continues to make – two fatal errors in its assessment of the SAR-CoV-2 pandemic, rendering its predictions wildly inaccurate, with disastrous results...
- Why herd immunity to COVID-19 is reached much earlier than thought – update Tue, 28 Jul 20, 11:00amI showed in my May 10th article Why herd immunity to COVID-19 is reached much earlier than thought that inhomogeneity within a population in the susceptibility and in the social-connectivity related infectivity of individuals...
- Did lockdowns really save 3 million COVID-19 deaths, as Flaxman et al. claim? Wed, 24 Jun 20, 3:00amKey points about the recent Nature paper by Flaxman and other Imperial College modellers
- Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle Wed, 27 May 20, 3:00amImperial College London The simulations show that the asteroid hit Earth at an angle of about 60 degrees, which maximised the amount of climate-changing gases thrust into the upper atmosphere...
- Brutal Takedown of Neil Ferguson’s Model Thu, 7 May 20, 11:00amFrom Lockdown ScepticsStay sane. Protect the economy. Save livelihoods. An experienced senior software engineer, Sue Denim, has written a devastating review of Dr. Neil Ferguson’s Imperial college epidemiological model...
- COVID-19: Updated data implies that UK modelling hugely overestimates the expected death rates from infection Thu, 26 Mar 20, 12:00pmReposted from Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on March 25, 2020 by niclewis | By Nic Lewis Introduction There has been much media coverage about the danger to life posed by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. While...
- Coal comeback could drive up UK energy emissions – report Tue, 18 Sep 18, 1:54amExtra coal-burning may lead to problems meeting binding international carbon targets
- Coal comeback could drive up annual UK energy emissions – report Tue, 18 Sep 18, 1:54amAs gas prices rise, extra coal-burning increases emissions by 15% in September
- Scientists aim to use lasers to turn light into matter Wed, 21 Mar 18, 5:55amScientists at Imperial College London are attempting to use powerful lasers turn light into matter, potentially proving the 84-year-old theory known as the Breit-Wheeler process...
- This living solar wallpaper harvests energy thanks to photosynthesis Wed, 8 Nov 17, 3:15amResearchers at Imperial College London just created incredible energy-harvesting wallpaper by inkjet-printing circuitry and cyanobacteria on paper. The cyanobacteria live through the printing process, and then perform photosynthesis...
- The original Brexit: ancient Britain's geological split from Europe Wed, 5 Apr 17, 11:54pmBrexit - or Britain's vote to leave the European Union - remains controversial even as Prime Minister Theresa May begins the process of leaving. But it turns out this process may not have been the first Brexit ever. Research...