UCL in the media
Explainer: whatever happened to the threat of peak oil?
Dr Christophe McGlade (UCL Energy Institute) discusses theÌýthe principles behind the peak oil debate andÌýwhether it is still, or ever was, a relevant subject.Ìý
Smoking In Cars With Children Ban Bid
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) comments on the proposed ban on smoking in cars where children are present.
Stem cell 'major discovery' claimed
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Department of Biochemical Engineering) comments on the recent discovery that shocking blood cells with acid could trigger a transformation into stem cells.
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Dr Ertan Saridogan (UCL Institute for Women's Health) comments on the difficulty in diagnosing endometriosis.
Google buys British artificial intelligence firm DeepMind
DeepMind Technologies, a technology start-up co-founded by Dr Demis Hassabis (UCL Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit), has been purchased by Google for £400 million.
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Professor Geraint Rees (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) comments on Google's acquisition of DeepMind Technologies, describing Demis Hassabis as "a phenomenon".
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Dr Steve Fossey (UCL Department of Physics & Astronomy) discusses the discovery by UCL staff and students of a supernova in Messier 82 and what we can learn from such a finding.
Inside Health: e-cigarettes
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) discusses the rising trend in e-cigarette use and the advertising relating to them.
Medical advances at risk from attacks on patent system
Professors Sir Robin Jacob (UCL Faculty of Laws) and David Taylor (UCL Practice & Policy) comment on how medical advances risk being slowed by attacks on the global patent system.
E-cigarettes are too good to quit, but not for under 18s
Professor Robert West (UCLÌý Epidemiology & Public Health) discusses legislative plans to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to under 18s.