UCL in the media
Spacewalk aborted after water leak
Dr Kevin Fong (»Ê¼Ò»ªÈËeuroscience, Physiology, Pharmacology) suggested, "I doubt he was in any danger of drowning, but this could have caused problems for the mission, and there were good reasons to abort..."
UK report says India spend very low on publicly funded medicines
Professor David Taylor commented, "India currently spends only a little over one per cent of its GDP on publicly funded health care, and only about 0.1 per cent of GDP on publicly funded medicines for the Indian people." Ìý Read: Ìý
How do you work out the size of a crowd?
Dr Hannah Fry (UCL Mathematics) explains why estimating the size of a crowd - such as Obama's inauguration reception - is difficult business.
Are you a victim of the hunger gene?
In her recent study, Dr Rachel Batterham, (UCL Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics), suggested that some of us were simply "biologically programmed to eat more." Ìý Ìý
Royal baby will keep the law makers busy
Professor Robert Hazell (Department of Political Science), says that: "The British Parliament has changed the law to ensure that the eldest child will succeed, whether a boy or a girl. But the law has not been brought into force."
Inside Science: Stem cell transplants
Professor of ÌýLaryngology, Martin Birchall, talks on BBC Radio 4 about the first ever clinical trial of organ replacement grown from stem cells.Ìý
Having divorced parents increases the risk of cancer and heart disease, experts warn
Dr Rebecca Lacey (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) suggests, "it is not parental divorce or separation per se which increased the risk of later inflammation but that it is other social disadvantages, such as how well the child does in education, which are triggered by having experienced parental divorce..."
What is the meaning of the 'vampire graves' unearthed in Poland?
Dr Tim Beasley-Murray (UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies) says the root of the vampire legend goes right back to ancient Egypt and Greece.
Why ignorant racists still flourish in multicultural Italy
Italy is changing - but the racist 'joke' made about minister Cécile Kyenge shows why progress is so painfully slow, says Professor John Foot (UCL Italian).
Universities vow to take more state school pupils
University College London plans to increase number of state school pupils from 65 per cent to 75 per cent over the next five years, under agreements with the Office of Fair Access.