UCL in the media
A family affair: How genetic mixing has affected us all
DNA footprints left in the wake of ancient warriors can unravel long-held secrets about a country's past. DrÌýGarrett Hellenthal (UCLÌýGenetics Institute)Ìýsays:Ìý"We made some very surprising discoveries".Ìý
, , , , , ,Ìý,Not eating your greens is in your genes
An aversion to eating greens may be genetic. Professor Wardle (UCLÌýEpidemiology and Public Health) says the findings help vindicate parents who struggle to get their children to eat their greens.
Android's 'open' system has limits
DrÌýIoannis Lianos (UCL Laws) comments on the restrictions placed on device makers who want access to Android's search engine.
Institute of Education will bring 'healthy dowry' to UCL marriage
The proposed merger between UCL and the Institute of Education is for academic reasons, not to cut costs, says Professor Michael ArthurÌý(UCL President & Provost).
Is "male, mad and muddle-headed" a fair description of the modern-day academic?
Professor Melissa Terras (UCLÌýDepartment of Information Studies) has found that academics in picture books "tend to be elderly, old men, who work in science, called Professor SomethingDumb".
Fifty universities receive weapons funding
Professor Jon Agar (UCL Science & Technology Studies) comments on the findings that the Atomic Weapons Establishment provides about £8.5Ìýmillion annually in funding for research at UK universities.
Autoimmune attack behind some cases of schizophrenia
Professor Chris Frith (UCL Institute of Neurology) suggests caution over new findings that someÌýcases of schizophrenia may be triggered by an autoimmune reaction against brain cells.
"Like looking at an absolute truth" - the beauty of equations
Dr Hannah Fry (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) discusses how mathematicians see the same beauty in complex figures and numbers as they do in art and what she sees as a 'beautiful' equation.
Fewer than one in five people are still smokers
In a letter to the BMJ Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) and Dr Jamie Brown (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) say: "For the first time in 80 years, smoking prevalence in England has fallen below 20 percent."Ìý
, , ,A Toilet for the 21st Century
Dr Barbara Penner (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) and Dr Sarah Bell (UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) discuss ways to allow everyone to have access to safe, clean, environmentally friendly toilets.