UCL in the media
Nudge, nudge ... there's a new way to alter behaviour
Changing public behaviour is enormously expensive and difficult. Every government would like to know how to get people to drink and smoke less, exercise more, pay their taxes, eat more healthily, etc, sys Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Health Psychology).
Decoded: Why love makes us giddy, nervous
"When you see someone you are passionate about, some areas of the brain become active. But a large part is de-activated, the part that plays a role in judgement," says Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology). Ìý
Have humans become too clever for their own good?
"At first sight this is a classic case of Arts Faculty science. Never mind the hypothesis, give me the data, and thereÌýisn'tÌýany," says Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment).
'Calm down' genes treat epilepsy in rats
Researchers at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË have developed two ways of manipulating the behaviour of individual cells inside the brain in order to prevent seizures.
Is your immune system old before its time?
Professor Arne Akbar (UCL Research Department of Immunology), says the memory cells - known as 'memory T-cells' - are the Dads' Army of the immune system: "They can protect you but not as well as younger soldiers."
Mixed results for malaria trial vaccine
Dr Jane Zuckerman (UCL Research Department of Infection) comments on the outcome of the trial. "Complex immunological responses are intrinsic in the development of a malaria vaccine," she said.
Gas prices: FSA examines whistleblower's claims of 'Libor-like' manipulation
"There is a structural issue here that over-the-counter markets with low liquidity can be manipulated by traders putting through visible trades at a duff price. We need to make sure the market is more transparent through a transaction registry," says Professor Chris Cook (UCL Institute for Security & Resilience Studies).
The inter-connections between health and climate change
Professor Hugh Montgomery (UCL Clinical Physiology) says that while we may have become used to seeing people dying from malnutrition in the Horn of Africa, within another 20 years we may see people starving in the UK and other developed countries.
Rise in DIY lawyers clogs up the system
Professor Dame Hazel Genn (UCL Laws) warns that the rising number of "DIY litigants" acting without lawyers will lead to a "deterioration in effective access to justice".
A look at the effect of trees on artists
With ash trees under threat from a deadly fungus, Sharon Morris (UCL Slade School of Fine Art) discusses the way that trees imprint themselves on the imagination.