UCL in the media
Disaster warning as expert warns attack would paralyse the UK 'within days'
Professor Ilan Kelman (UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction) referred to a 2012 solar storm that narrowly missed earth. He said: “If it had hit us head on, we would still be recovering today. Just imagine trying to replace every transformer in the country.”
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American conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson launches subscription streaming service
Dr Brian Klaas (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) comments on the role of Tucker Carlson in the US media as the controversial figure launches his own subscription only streaming service.
We both tried ‘snus’. Is it the new vaping?
Dr Harry Tattan-Birch (UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care) highlights the ethical dilemma posed by the availability of nicotine pouches in the UK.
Incredible pictures give glimpse at ‘dawn of the universe’ as oldest black hole discovered
Reflecting on the images, Professor Andrew Pontzen (UCL Physics & Astronomy) said "These results, using the power of JWST to peer back through time, suggest that some black holes instead grew at a tremendous rate in the young universe, far faster than we expected."
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Spacetime scientist backs up Doctor Who's 'wibbly wobbly' theory from 15 years ago
Professor Jonathan Oppenheim’s (UCL Physics & Astronomy) new “postquantum theory of classical gravity” suggests that instead of time strictly ticking away predictably, the rate at which time flows would wobble, randomly fluctuating like the ebb and flow of a stream.
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Why presence of healthy cells enables cancer to resist treatment
Two new studies from researchers from UCL and Yale, including Dr Chris Tape (UCL Cancer Institute), show chemotherapy becomes less effective because healthy cells push cancer cells to grow more slowly.
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What is dyscalculia? TikToker reveals what life is like with number blindness
Professor Brian Butterworth (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) said: 'There are lots of reasons for being bad at maths. 'Perhaps the most significant is in which country you were you were educated, as is demonstrated in the most recent PISA report.’
Putin announces Russian presidential re-election bid and says there is ‘no other way’
Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies) said of the confirmation that a presidential election will take place in Russia next year: “Elections are inherently destabilising, even sham ones. There has to be some kind of disagreement and debate, even
Pill for arthritis could stop type 1 diabetes in its tracks
Professor Lucy Walker (UCL Division of Infection and Immunity) said: “The drug tested here appears to temper the ability of the immune system to damage insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, slowing the progression of type 1 diabetes.”
Ultra-processed food manufacturers are just as bad as 'Big Tobacco' claims expert
Dr Chris van Tulleken (UCL Infection & Immunity) warns that processed food manufacturers pose as big a risk to public health as cigarette firms.