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Unit Annual Report 2023

A year of transitions at the Unit

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Role of long non-coding RNAs in skin provides important insights for evolution

A new study has shown that a type of non-coding RNA molecule could play a role in the development of skin diseases – like eczema or psoriasis – and highlights...

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Community leaders and researchers collaborate to tackle health inequalities

Community leaders from across the UK joined arms with public health experts to brainstorm ways to help plug the gap in health inequalities.

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King's engineer receives prestigious European Research Council funding for work on wildfires

Dr Francesco Restuccia’s work will help predict and prevent the spread of wildfires across the world.

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New book bridges the gap between theory and practice in photoacoustic imaging

Dr. Wenfeng Xia, Senior Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London, is the editor of a new book called...

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COMMENT: Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiralling out of control – here's why that's so dangerous

The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular.

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King's Engaged Researchers Awards 2025 - nominations now open!

The annual King’s Engaged Research Awards (KERA) are now open for applications.

Winners- 23-24 King's Engaged Research Awards - Jack Latimer

King's researcher partners with AI start-up to build natural language generation models

The models aim to remove 'hallucinations' from AI-generated language.

Dr Zheng Yuan, Department of Informatics

New online course developed from King's academics' resource book

Following the release of the sixth edition of resource book 'Becoming a Teacher', staff from the School of Education Community and Society have developed a...

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Announcing Belongings, part of King's Culture's new programme of art and ideas.

Susan Aldworth’s new exhibition explores how migration stories shape British identity, revealing the need for empathy and meaningful dialogue.

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Research study reveals patchy and inconsistent end of life care

Findings show that one in five dying people had no contact with their GP in the last three months of life, half of respondents (49%) in the study were unhappy...

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New 'Chiral Vortex' of Light Reveals Molecular Mirror Images

The entirely new structure of light could help drug developers see their work more clearly than before.

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£1.8m funding to extend London's healthcare AI technologies and capabilities

The London Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based Healthcare (AI4VBH) has been allocated £1.8m by the London Secure Data Environment (SDE) from...

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Halal Crypto: could blockchain be a boost for Shariah-compliant finance?

With the global Muslim population exceeding 1.8 billion, and increased demand for investment opportunities aligned with religious principles and community...

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King's Professor receives prestigious National Teaching Fellowship

Professor Eleanor Dommett has been recognised by the Advance Higher Education National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) for her high-quality teaching and...

Professor Ellie Dommett

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