https://www.scmp.com/rss/523685/feed The latest news and top stories on Imperial College London. A London-based public research university, Imperial College London is dedicated to achieving excellence in research and education across science, engineering, medicine and business. Its main areas of focus include STEMB subjects. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters Britain will ⁠roll out meningitis vaccines to students at a university in southeast England after an “unprecedented” outbreak of the disease killed two people while the number of new cases jumped to 20. The UK Health Security Agency said all those affected were young people. A 21-year-old student at the University of Kent and a teenage student at a school in ‌the town of Faversham have died. Six of the nine confirmed cases are group B (MenB), the agency added. It was also aware of a baby with a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3347095/unprecedented-spread-uk-races-contain-deadly-meningitis-outbreak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3347095/unprecedented-spread-uk-races-contain-deadly-meningitis-outbreak?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:38:12 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li Hong Kong alpine skier Eloise King Yung-shih has settled into Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and said she is ready to make her Olympic debut in the women’s slalom – the first of what she hopes will be many appearances on the sport’s biggest stage. King, 21, first skied at the age of four in Japan during a family trip, and kept doing so once a year every year. When Eloise King was 13, her older cousin Audrey King began ski racing, and Eloise King was intrigued enough by her race to sign up for a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3343537/hong-kong-skier-eloise-king-intent-finding-rhythm-her-winter-olympics-debut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3343537/hong-kong-skier-eloise-king-intent-finding-rhythm-her-winter-olympics-debut?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:17 +0000 The Asian Parent The Asian Parent Can watching a film actually make you feel calmer, more optimistic and even more purposeful? Science says yes – and Spirited Away might be one of those films that do exactly that. A new study published in JMIR Serious Games, a peer-reviewed journal exploring how entertainment and interactive media affect well-being, revealed that certain forms of media, like Studio Ghibli films and video games such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, can significantly boost happiness and life... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3342888/want-feel-happier-watch-spirited-away-or-play-zelda-new-study-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3342888/want-feel-happier-watch-spirited-away-or-play-zelda-new-study-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:15:07 +0000 Anthea Rowan Anthea Rowan David Wilson has been sober for almost seven years. Today, the 61-year-old is a sobriety coach, speaker and author of the book One For The Road: Soberdave. He has hosted a popular podcast about sobriety for almost five years. On his Instagram account @soberdave, which has amassed a following of almost 200,000, he posts daily motivational tips and insights into the lives of hundreds of people who have joined him in his sober life. It has been quite the journey for a man who was a carpet fitter... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3339963/health-benefits-quitting-alcohol-weight-loss-slowing-ageing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3339963/health-benefits-quitting-alcohol-weight-loss-slowing-ageing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:15:07 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji As Asia counts the cost of one of the world’s most expensive years for weather disasters, aid groups and scientists are warning that poorer countries face even greater risks ahead unless global emissions are cut and spending shifts from disaster response to prevention. Asia accounted for four of the world’s six costliest climate-related disasters in 2025, according to a report by Christian Aid released this month, underlining how heavily the region is being hit by floods, storms and extreme... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3338144/asias-year-costly-climate-disasters-spurs-calls-decisive-action?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3338144/asias-year-costly-climate-disasters-spurs-calls-decisive-action?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:42 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran The tarpaulin barely held against the wind, sagging under days of ceaseless rain. For the earthquake survivors of San Remigio, in the central Philippines, it was all that remained – a thin sheet of plastic above a patch of mud, standing in for the homes a 6.9-magnitude quake had reduced to rubble weeks earlier. Then, in early November, Typhoon Kalmaegi barrelled through. The storm, known locally as Tino, drenched thousands of families still huddled in their makeshift shelters. Roads vanished... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3335387/why-philippines-cant-escape-its-endless-cycle-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3335387/why-philippines-cant-escape-its-endless-cycle-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:15 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji More than 1,400 people have been killed across South and Southeast Asia in a week of catastrophic floods, exposing how rising global temperatures are amplifying extreme weather, even as international negotiations to phase out fossil fuels stall. Successive storms, cyclones and relentless rains have triggered catastrophic flash floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia, overwhelming local authorities already operating at the limits of their capacity. While... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3335052/asias-floods-kill-over-1000-lay-bare-human-cost-climate-inaction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3335052/asias-floods-kill-over-1000-lay-bare-human-cost-climate-inaction?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:31:08 +0000 dpa dpa Quitting smoking, even in later life, could help slow down age-related memory problems, a study has found. This adds to evidence that giving up cigarettes may help prevent dementia, experts say, but they stress that more research is needed. A team from University College London (UCL) examined the impact of smoking on age-related cognitive decline, which is when a person’s ability to think, learn and remember gets worse as they get older. The study, published in the Lancet Healthy Longevity... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3329769/quitting-smoking-after-40-linked-slower-memory-decline-50-study-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3329769/quitting-smoking-after-40-linked-slower-memory-decline-50-study-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:15:08 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Climate change may have been responsible for more than a third of the direct damage to homes and property caused by the super typhoon that struck southern China last month, a study has concluded. A warming Earth also made Ragasa – the strongest storm recorded this year – more powerful when it made landfall in Guangdong province, according to researchers from Imperial College London. They added that as the planet continued to warm, tropical cyclones were expected to become increasingly... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327646/climate-change-made-damage-super-typhoon-ragasa-significantly-worse-study-warns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327646/climate-change-made-damage-super-typhoon-ragasa-significantly-worse-study-warns?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Oct 2025 01:00:15 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji Super Typhoon Ragasa’s trail of devastation across the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and parts of mainland China has underscored the sobering risks Asia as a region faces from the consequences of climate change, scientists warn, pointing to heavy fossil fuel production and infrastructure lagging behind rapid urbanisation. Exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures along Ragasa’s path in the South China Sea helped it intensify over 24 hours to become the most powerful storm on Earth this year,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3326891/super-typhoon-ragasa-stark-reminder-asias-urgent-climate-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3326891/super-typhoon-ragasa-stark-reminder-asias-urgent-climate-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:23 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng Chinese pharmaceutical companies are beginning to challenge Western giants in the weight-loss drugs market, fuelled by domestic demand from the world’s largest population of overweight and obese people. More than 60 late-stage weight-loss drug candidates are undergoing clinical trials in China, according to Boston-based L.E.K. Consulting, creating potential competition for Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide (marketed as Wegovy for weight loss and Ozempic for treating type 2 diabetes) and Eli Lilly’s... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3324006/china-goes-big-weight-loss-drugs-novo-eli-lilly-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3324006/china-goes-big-weight-loss-drugs-novo-eli-lilly-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 06:02:15 +0000