Samantha Rey

1 month ago | imperial.ac.uk | Conrad Duncan |Samantha Rey |Ryan O'Hare

From mining dust to cooling light to startup hub rankings, here's some quick-read news from across Imperial. Cool light  Researchers have been surprised to find a curious interaction between scattered light and sound waves can have a cooling effect.  In experiments, researchers directed light into a glass microsphere - only four times wider than a human hair - that traps both light and high-frequency sound waves by continually reflecting them around its circumference.

Jan 9, 2025 | imperial.ac.uk | Emily Medcalf |Samantha Rey

The team, from the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) at Imperial and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, believe their work could help treat patients earlier, reduce the risk of complications or even mean some patients could implement simple changes to their lifestyle that help remove the risk of high blood pressure completely.

Dec 6, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Samantha Rey

New AI software can read the brain scans of patients who have had a stroke to more accurately pinpoint when it happened and help doctors work out whether it can be successfully treated. It is hoped that the new technology will ultimately enable faster and more accurate emergency treatment of patients in a hospital setting. Knowing the time the stroke started is important because standard treatments only work in the very early stages post-stroke—and may otherwise cause secondary damage.

Dec 6, 2024 | imperial.ac.uk | Samantha Rey

New AI software can read the brain scans of patients who have had a stroke, to more accurately pinpoint when it happened and help doctors work out whether it can be successfully treated. It is hoped that the new technology will ultimately enable faster and more accurate emergency treatment of patients in a hospital setting. Knowing the time the stroke started is important because standard treatments only work in the very early stages post-stroke – and may otherwise cause secondary damage.

Dec 4, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Samantha Rey

Researchers at Imperial College London have discovered that specialist macrophages—a type of white blood cell—play a key role in the control of muscle contraction and locomotion. The discovery overturns previous assumptions that muscle contraction and movement is controlled solely by the nervous system—including the brain and spinal cord.