UCL in the media
Orkney - hot spot of the Stone Age
Professor Michael Parker Pearson (UCL Institute of Archaeology) describes Orkney as "a place of synthesis, where the Neolithic worlds came together" in response to new archaeological findings.
,Fructose: the bitter sweet sugar
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) discusses the structure of store-bought sugar and how it is absorbed by the body as glucose and fructose.
Ring-fenced science budget under threat
Russell Group vice-chancellors, led by Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost), pressed David Willetts on the future of science research funding at a Universities UK meeting.
Neuroscience and education
Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) comments on what neuroscience can tell us about engaging the attention of children so that they want to learn.
,The effects of immigration
Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL Economics) comments on the effects of immigration and attitudes towards immigration, drawing on his recent research.
,Vitamin supplements
Dr Christoffer Van TullekenÌý(UCL Division of Infection and Immunity) discusses why so many people take vitamin supplements and the potential dangers involved with unregulated intake.
Supernova revealed in stunning detail
Dr Mikako Matsuura (UCL Physics & Astronomy) explains how new images from the ALMA radio telescope provide evidence for the first time that dust in the universe comes from supernova. Read:
, More: ,Women worse off when it comes to natural disasters
DrÌýGeordan ShannonÌý(UCLÌýEpidemiology & Health) discusses how women tend to be particularly vulnerable when it comes to humanitarian or natural disasters.
Pledge to close a legal 'loophole'
Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL Economics) comments on Ed Miliband's pledge to close a legal 'loophole' allowing firms to pay agency staff less than permanent workers.
Finding a way to an integrated industry
Dr Aeli Roberts (UCL Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management) joins an industry panel to discuss a proposed new construction degree which could integrate different built environment professions.