UCL in the media
Dispatches from Qatar: finding your feet in a foreign land
Six months after moving to Qatar to open UCL's campus in the Middle East, Brett Kershaw (UCL Qatar) talks about building UCL's reputation through outreach projects.
Why do old books smell?
A UCL-led team developed a technique to mechanically "sniff" aromas released by old books to identify the materials they are made of and also to assess degradation.Ìý
UK doctors blast McDonalds' Olympic sponsorship
"We cannot simply decide not to process [an ad], there is a subliminal association that is made that may affect your behaviour in the future," says Professor Nilli Lavie (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience).
Guardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, and looks at biblical references in the book.
Austerity measures will lead to rise in unemployment and suicides, says Marmot
European austerity programmes are a "ghastly experiment" that will lead to more citizens' deaths, says Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health).
UK industry to build Solar Orbiter satellite
"Solar Orbiter's mission will tell us how the Sun creates the heliosphere, which you can think of as its atmosphere," says Dr Lucie Green (UCL Space & Climate Physics).
'Plague' bones dug up at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË set to go on display to public
A household jar of Bovril has helped forensic scientists solve the riddle of a mass grave discovered at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË.
'Boat' could explore the oceans of Saturn's moon Titan
"We're already talking to China and India in terms of future exploration," says Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space & Climate Physics).
'Overreacting' managers take impact too far, debate hears
Professor Don Braben (UCL Earth Sciences), says academics are being discouraged from addressing "really profound subjects" such as consciousness or the origins of life because they could not guarantee they would make progress.
Ripe old age: Regularly eating strawberries and blueberries can stave off mental decline by more than two years
"It is a large and well-designed study that significantly strengthens the evidence that changes to diet may be able to delay onset of dementia symptoms," says Professor Derek Hill (UCL Medical Physics & Bioengineering).