UCL in the media
The Olympian and His Thunderbolt
Professor Mark Ronan (UCL Mathematics) talks about Robert Oppenheimer and the nasty investigative process designed to undercut his authority and remove his security clearance.
Dara O Briain's Science Club
Dara O Briain and his crack team of UCL experts take a peek into man's final frontier - space.
Doha: Sea levels to rise by more than 1m by 2100
Rich countries like Qatar can build flood barriers but poor nations will suffer, saysÌýProfessor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography).
End of the road for h-index rankings
"I would hate it if we moved to a system where appointments or promotions were driven by metrics. That, to me, would mean that we had lost confidence in our own expert judgement," says Professor Richard Catlow (UCL Chemistry).
Green Deal woes: Costs of retrofit remain too high
A report from the UCL Energy Institute has found that the costs of retrofitting houses exceeded the government's Green Deal allowance.
New Sources of Energy Sought for Britain's Future
Professor Paul Ekins (UCL Energy Institute) talks about how the government's commitment to long-term carbon cuts may lead investors to import new wind and solar farms rather than open plants to build them in Britain.
Autism: Traffic pollution linked, study suggests
"[The study] does not present a convincing mechanism by which pollutants could affect the developing brain to result in autism," says Professor Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience).
Why turning tumours pink is a bright idea
"The whole surgical community will look forward to the results with interest because, if it works, the benefits will be enormous," says Professor John Kelly (UCL Research Department of General Surgery).
Brain's 'reading centres' are culturally universal
"Rather than focusing on ear and eye in reading, the authors rightly point out that hand and eye are critical players," says Professor Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience). "This [might explain] why many people with dyslexia also have very poor handwriting and not just poor spelling."
Optogenetics: the new technique lighting up neuroscience
Professor Dimitri Kullmann (UCL Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy) and Dr Laura Mantoan (UCL Institute of Neurology) talk about a new technique known as optogenetics, which involves using light to stimulate neural activity in the brain.