UCL in the media
Dispatches from Qatar: branch campuses aren't poaching students
Branch campuses aren't persuading students to shun the UK, we are finding our own audience and building new communities, says Brett Kershaw (UCL Qatar).
Russian hot springs point to rocky origins for life
Early cells could have actively pumped out sodium ions, enabling them to cope with life in sodium-rich water, says Dr Nick Lane (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment).
Is nanotechnology safe in the workplace?
Professor Gabriel Aeppli (London Centre for Nanotechnology) comments on a resolution passed by the European Parliament in December 2011, stating that nanoparticles must be covered by the current EU health and safety rules.
Guardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks aboutÌýThe Woman in BlackÌýby Susan Hill, and analyses the role of children in the book.Ìý
Don't be surprised to find cupid among the cubicles
Up to a fifth of us now meet our partners at work, says Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Health Psychology).
Will climate change unleash geological mayhem?
Volcanologist Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences)Ìýdiscusses whether climate change will unleash geological mayhem, while Professor Nick Tyler (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering)Ìýtalks about the impact of ageing populations.Ìý
Medical schools told to employ more women or face threat of funding cuts
"If you get a core number of women in an organisation, that creates role models and encourages others to follow," says Dr Jean McEwan (UCL Cardiovascular Medicine).
Workaholism: Maybe not such a bad thing
The idea of an engaged workaholic "fits with a concept that I and others have done work on," says Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health), principal investigator for theÌýWhitehallÌýStudies of British civil servants.
Skin cancer drug 'clears Alzheimer's protein from the brain'
Professors John Hardy (UCL Molecular Neuroscience)Ìýand Derek Hill (UCL Medical Physics & Bioengineering) comment on a new drug which may reverse the effects of Alzheimer's disease.
Argentina
Professor Stephen Hart (UCL Spanish & Latin American Studies) talks about Argentina, Borges and the country in its South American context.