2026 could break records for heat-associated deaths, warns the @ukhsa.bsky.social in its estimates for heat-related mortality in May and June. This follows estimates published by the Grantham Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the UK Met Office 🧵 buff.ly/MGR5KYI

England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows

UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 season

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What if a wound dressing could listen to your body's own healing cells and actively respond? Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a bioinspired material, which accelerates wound healing and the repair of human skin. Read more here 👇 https://ow.ly/8eH950ZtxrT

Smart wound dressing speeds up healing by triggering body’s own repair signals

A bioinspired material, developed by scientists at Imperial College London, accelerates wound healing and the repair of human skin.

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The scariest chart in engineering...? 👀 We welcomed @veritasium to @imperialeee to show how the Smith Chart helps engineers with visualising and designing radio frequency circuits! Watch the video below ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK2pZ_oVU1o

The Scariest Chart In Electrical Engineering

Why is the Smith Chart one of the scariest charts in electrical eng...

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A Met Office warning for extreme heat is in place from Monday 22 – Thursday 25 June. There is a red alert in place for London from 0900 on Wednesday 24 until 2100 on Thursday 25 2026. Keep up to date with the latest advice for staff and students via www.imperial.ac.uk/alerts

There’s only one week left to complete our alumni survey. Share your voice and shape Imperial’s future. You can choose to be entered into a prize draw and win a hamper of exclusive Imperial products. It only takes 15 minutes to complete! ⤵️ https://bit.ly/imperial-alumni-survey-2026-bs

First in the UK, second in the world! We’ve retained our QS World University Ranking for the third year in a row! 🎉 This success is thanks to every single member of Imperial’s community, as we work together to make a meaningful difference in the world.

Solena Materials are creating next-gen protein-based fibres for market-leading apparel. For London Tech Week, we spoke to Jonathan Muller, Principal Scientist at the Imperial spinout, about what's next. Find out more https://www.solena-materials.com/

“We’re here to help early-stage, deep tech startups establish themselves, de-risk and grow.” Graham Hewson, Head of Incubation and Prototyping Services at Imperial, has helped hundreds of founders get their great ideas off the ground. More ⤵️ https://imperialincubator.com/

Are you an Imperial alum? Whether you graduated recently or have been an alumnus for a long time, we want to hear from you. Your feedback will inform the alumni experience for you and future generations. Complete the survey 👇 https://bit.ly/imperial-alumni-survey-2026-bs

“A technology like ours would never have been possible without Imperial.” For London Tech Week, founder Jacques Blagburn told us his discoveries inspired proprietary biomechanical sensor tech to unlock faster, more expressive control of devices and environments. More 👇 https://www.fetherlabs.com/

“We’re building the social solution to screen time.” Asha Bakhai is the CEO and founder of Snitch and an alum of Imperial’s Dyson School of Design Engineering. For London Tech Week, we asked Asha to talk about Snitch, a platform to help to reduce screen time. More 👇 https://getsnitch.co.uk/

At Imperial, you can grow your idea from the lab to working with some of the biggest pharmaceutical and agrochemical companies. For London Tech Week, we asked alum Linden Schreker, co-founder and CEO of SOLVE Chemistry, how he did it. Find out more about SOLVE 🔗 https://www.solvechemistry.com/

Reporti’s real-time safety reporting means anyone at a festival, gig, or sporting event can flag an issue directly to security staff or medical teams, getting help when and where it is needed. As part of London Tech Week, we talked to founder Grace Broom. Find out more: https://reporti.pro/

“My job is to make sure our researchers can change the world.” It’s London Tech Week, so we asked Vice Provost of Research and Enterprise, Mary Ryan, to show us some of the most interesting recent Imperial innovations from the Enterprise lab. Find out more ⤵️ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/enterprise/

What a weekend 🩷🧡 A big thanks to everyone who made this year's Great Exhibition Road Festival the best yet! The countdown to next year is already on!

Such a good day playing Resistance Reservoirs at the Great Exhibition Road Festival yesterday! Come down to the Underground Adventure Zone 12-6 today to learn about fungal disease and antifungal resistance #GERF2026 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Congrats to everyone who graduated from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social this week, including Sana Kardar, who completed an MSc in Bioscience Futures: Communication, Innovation and Entrepreneurship @imperialnhli.bsky.social.

Congratulations again to all of our graduates! We can’t wait to see all of the amazing things they're going to do next. Make sure you check out what to do next if you've become a new member of our alumni community ⬇️ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/graduation/after-graduating/  

Our last ceremony is for our second cohort of graduands from our Business School, starting at 16.45! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeP_kPO2-3w

Our next ceremony is for the first cohort of our Business School graduands, starting at 13.45! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ObIxccac8

Today’s first ceremony is for our Faculty of Natural Sciences graduates, starting at 10.30 ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKBoC9pRzYE

Congratulations to everyone who graduated today! You’ve just joined the network of thousands of Imperial Graduates around the world 🌍 Don’t forget to keep in touch! https://www.imperial.ac.uk/alumni/ 

And now for our final ceremony of the day! Congratulations to graduates from the Faculty of Medicine, and our Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship, and Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication 🩺🎤🗨️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT8tq0F5prg

Ready to join us in celebrating our second cohort of our Faculty of Engineering graduates? Follow along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYgrYby1z3s

Ceremony One starts at 10.30, with our first set of the Faculty of Engineering cohort! Watch at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rJlKT5jMHg

Good morning 🌤️ It is officially Day One of Graduation! To all those graduating: we hope you have the best day. Make sure to tag us in your photos and videos so we can reshare 📸

Imperial’s alumni survey is your chance to share your voice and shape Imperial's future. It takes less than 15 minutes, and as a thank you, you can enter a prize draw to win a hamper of exclusive Imperial products! Complete the survey by 26 June ⤵️ https://bit.ly/imperial-alumni-survey-2026-bs

A major milestone for sustainable food innovation. 🌱 Science leaders came to Imperial this week to celebrate the opening of the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein. 🔗 https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/2026/science-leaders-celebrate-lab-opening-for-bezos-centre-for-sustainable-protein/

Science leaders celebrate lab opening for Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein

Senior science leaders visited Imperial’s White City Campus to mark the formal opening of the laboratories for the Bezos Centre for Sustainable...

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Jet fuel has doubled in price since the start of the war in Iran. Imperial's Richard Green Rafael Palacios discuss how the crisis could disrupt the aviation industry ⤵️ https://ow.ly/lPqP50YVz9k

How magnets and a mini trapeze could help save Britain’s bees James Tapper writes that pesticide-resistant hives could be the answer to huge population decline in the UK – thanks to some innovative study methods being used by scientists https://bit.ly/4t9I06Y

How magnets and a mini trapeze could help save Britain’s ...

Pesticide-resistant hives could be the answer to huge population decline in the UK – thanks to some innovative study methods being used by scientists

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