Imperial College

• New institute for shock physics announced.

• Plus a centre for heart research.

• Parkinson’s: precursor neurons identified.

• Drosophila vision

to help robot planes?

King’s College, London

• A £9 million investment in cardiovascular disease.

• Watch out breast cancer cells. The white blood cells are coming.

Medical Research Council

• Profile of new tech transfer supremo, Dave Tapolczay.

Royal Society

• Shortlist for the RS’s Junior Prize for Science Books announced.

University College London

• Stellar ejaculations traced to source.

• Different strains of cannabis

cause different side effects.

• Toothy smiles all round as the Eastman Dental Hospital turns 60.