News: COX2 pain relief inhibitors and Sir John Pendry’s million dollar Kavli Prize. (Extract 1 of 4, Imperial Podcast 11 June 2014)

Recorded from the 2014 Imperial Festival, the latest podcast explores how to extract copper from mud using nothing but bubbles.

Gareth Mitchell speaks to Gareth Morris from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at the 2014 Imperial Festival to find out how he uses bubbles to extract copper from mud. (Podcast 21 May 2014, extract 2/4)

Colin Smith describes a world first robot that can 3D print and Gail Wilson talks about Imperial’s recent success in the latest Athena SWAN awards. (Podcast 21 May 2014 extract 1/4)

Aliyah Kovner, an Imperial news and events intern, chats about the Ig Nobel awards show tour, which explores unusual, whacky and offbeat research that may have been overlooked.

In the latest edition, we discuss the latest IPPC report on climate change impacts with an Imperial climate change policy expert. And we discuss how hidden assets that are are actually making more of a difference to the UK economy.

Colin Smith explains how scientists have developed a way of reading the universe's 'cosmic barometer' to learn more about ancient violent events in space. Andrew Czyzewski tells us more about new Imperial Centres for Doctorial Training.

We hear from two Imperial students who have given up their time to go back to the classroom and teach maths and science to pupils from low-income backgrounds. (Extract 4 of 4, Imperial Podcast 19 March 2014)

An engineer explains how he is helping Sainsburys supermarket to become greener and we discuss how business schools are helping to boost women into the boardroom.

Maxine Myers speaks to the Dean of Imperial College Business School about Imperial’s new flexible, part-time, MBA programme to be offered online. (Extract 2 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 5 February 2014)