UCL in the media
Doctors debate medicalisation of the healthy
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, UCL Epidemiology and Public Health, interviewed about concerns among doctors over growing medicalisation of the healthy.
Gove backs UCL Academy
Education Secretary Michael Gove has backed the UCL Academy school after a disappointing Ofsted report.
Why people hold hands
Professor Roger Lemon (UCL Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders) discusses the link between hand and brain on a programme exploring the meaning of holding hands.
Fewer animals being used for research but testing is still vital to finding cures
Dr Suzy Buckley (UCL Institute for Women's Health) discusses how the number of animals used in research is falling and why the use of animals in science is still important.
Neuroscientists ask for open review on the Human Brain Project
Researchers have requested an open review of the European Commission-funded initiative to simulate the human brain as they believe the money could be better spent on smaller grants for creative neuroscience research rather than one large computer simulation, says Professor Peter Latham (UCL Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit).
From Oculus Rift to Facebook: finding money and data in the crowd
Crowdsourcing could revolutionise the way scholarly research is funded and conducted over the next few years, says Dr Andy Hudson-Smith (UCL Built Environment).
Creating the world's first artificial coronary arteries
Professor AlexÌýSeifalianÌý(UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) has been working on developing artificial arteries for the last 10 years - these will now enter in-patient clinical trials in September for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.Ìý
The science of the Sun
Professor Louise Harra (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) discusses the science of our closest star - the Sun.
Red hair is here to stay - 'extinction of the ginger gene' story is just bad science
UCL Honorary Professor Debbie Kennett follows in the path of Professors David Balding and Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics) by debunking the promises of simple interpretations of DNA and ancestry.
Fears grow for safety of Iraq's cultural heritage under ISIS
Dr Eleanor Robson (UCL History) discusses the growing fears for the fate of Iraq's cultural heritage following the ISIS takeover of northern Iraq.