Imperial College

• The Ig Nobel awards roadshow is coming to town.

King’s College London

• 100 new Studentships and Bursaries announced – a record for the university.

• Black pepper useful for pigment problems.

Science Museum

• Solar Fox sun-powered car, built by UCL’s Mechanical Engineering Dept, goes on show.

• Curators and other specialist staff are planning to strike over pay.

UCL

• Monkey gene combo protects against HIV.

• Frog ‘the size of a slightly squashed beach-ball’ may have eaten dinosaurs.