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We are a STEM-based university with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. #OurImperial
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What's it like being a student at Imperial College London? 🤔
Look no further, we'll be hosting a Student Life webinar for applicants to find out more about life with us.
If you're a UK student: Join us on Tuesday 18 February
13.00 to 14.30 GMT ow.ly/eSRl50ydY3U pic.twitter.com/6zbNUWbVJq
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The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. There will now be a transition period until at least 31 December 2020 during which no changes will take place. Find out more about Imperial and Brexit 👇 ow.ly/ACcX50xU1cy (3/3)
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More information can be found on the College’s #Brexit webpages: ow.ly/yDrO50y2QqS. Students can attend an information session with the International Student Support Team: ow.ly/dw7050y2QrU (2/3)
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To retain the right to live, work and study in the UK from 2021, EU/EEA/Swiss citizens resident in the UK should apply to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30 June 2021. pic.twitter.com/P1gTEBXvrA
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We're about to fly to the Sun! The @ESASolarOrbiter, with Imperial kit on board, will be lifting off on Monday (10 Feb). Head over to #ImperialStories to find out how we are going to get a better look at our star than ever before ow.ly/JoKv50ydlsu
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“Colleagues are working hard to keep our whole community safe and healthy" (@Alicegast).
We are providing regularly updated advice on #coronavirus as researchers step up efforts to defeat the disease. Find out more: ow.ly/BDKn50ydlkT
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New research has found that rates of disease caused by a common bacterium could be substantially reduced by changing our approach to vaccination ow.ly/SSHi50yd3m5
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#OnThisDay 1872: Biochemist Lafayette Benedict Mendel was born. Mendel is best known for his work on nutrition. With longtime collaborator Thomas B. Osborne he studied Vitamin A, Vitamin B, and the toxic ricin pic.twitter.com/ftK92VTdbv
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Don't just leave it to chance 🙃 join us LIVE NOW as Prof. Sir Martin Hairer from @ImperialMaths delves into the world of #probabilitytheory in the 2020 #SchrodingerLecture from @ImperialSci youtube.com/watch?v=ysl6NM… pic.twitter.com/dxduCwZD4U
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Read the full story of the hidden figures here 9/9 ow.ly/LHLs50yd47q
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Pretty cool huh? In this new video the researchers explain how they created their ‘x-ray specs’ to find Da Vinci’s never-before-seen sketches ow.ly/Wt8q50yd44X 8/9
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“It was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but such a great feeling to see the wings and head finally uncovered” – our Prof Pier Luigi Dragotti 7/9 pic.twitter.com/Kct40DANTP
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...with an algorithm developed at Imperial to process the huge amount of data from the scans. This combined approach allowed the scientists to see deeper into the painting's hidden structures 6/9
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So how did the scientists do it? Well, they combined macro X-ray fluorescence scanning – a way of mapping chemical elements used in Da Vinci’s paint such as copper, zinc and lead… 5/9 pic.twitter.com/Aq1MrYKkZD
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The angel and Infant Christ could have been positioned higher up the painting...
They could have been in a tighter embrace..
And the angel may even have had curlier hair! 4/9 pic.twitter.com/ITjoFkiyug
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Our engineers have worked with the @NationalGallery to look under the hood of the painting to see Da Vinci’s abandoned sketches of how the painting could have been 3/9 pic.twitter.com/0Hp0ikknjN
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Virgin of the Rocks was painted more than 500 years ago. It’s a sublime composition. Famous around the world.
But apparently it took #DaVinci some drafting to get right… 2/9 pic.twitter.com/v8YH3x0vZh
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Crouching angel, hidden baby.
(AKA how an Imperial algorithm uncovered hidden figures in a classic Leonardo Da Vinci painting)
A thread 👇 1/9 pic.twitter.com/jFSkcqNlJU
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The big, gross problem of fatbergs...On the latest edition of our #podcast we talk about these huge accumulations of fat and unflushable material and how to work out the best way to prevent them ow.ly/gFlF50y49by
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UK science needs European research alignment, says @Alicegast in Brussels: "A research deal is not the same as a trade deal. Researchers are different – we collaborate with our fiercest competitors to improve outcomes" ow.ly/eDCQ50yd2qS #WeAreInternational @scibus
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