UCL in the media
New push for better handling of football head injuries
Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) highlights the problem of our limited understanding of the risks and long-term effects of head contact in football.
Ammonia as an alternative fuel source to petrol
Ammonia has long been used for agriculture and explosives, says Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry), but now it could also be used as an alternative fuel source to petrol with combustion methods first described in the 19th century.
E-cigarettes 'pose no health risk'
Experts in tobacco addiction, Professor Robert West and Dr Jamie Brown (both UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) predict thatÌýthousands of lives could be saved every year if smokers in the UK switched to e-cigarettes.
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A team of researchers including Dr Kalim Akhtar (UCL Biochemical Engineering) have engineered the harmless gut bacteriaÌýEscherichia coli (E. coli)Ìýto generate renewable propane.
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The cosmic "supercluster" in which the Milky Way resides has been mapped for the first time, Dr Andrew Pontzen (UCL Physics & Astronomy) describes the findings as "impressive and important".
When we travel, our values travel with us
Dame Nicola Brewer (UCL Vice-Provost, International) addresses the recent coverage of UCL's presence in Qatar.
Mental illness and sexual abuse: the shocking link
A study led by Dr Hind Khalifeh (UCL Psychiatry) and in collaboration with King's College London has found that women with severe mental illness are up to five times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual assault.
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Professor Robert Harvey (UCL Pharmacology) says the number of people affected by Hyperekplexia is unknown and some cases can be misdiagnosed as epilepsy.
Mexican energy reform may be a bridge to a low carbon economy - or a fossil fuel past
Baltazar Solano Rodriguez (UCL Energy Institute) explains Mexico's new energy reforms, which include opening deep-water oil and shale fields to foreign investment, as well as liberalising Mexico's electricity industry.
The physics of proton therapy
Professor Jon Butterworth (UCLÌýPhysics & Astronomy) explains the physics behind proton therapy, the treatment that Ashya King's parents wanted for their son's cancer.