UCL in the media
Here's why you crave chocolate when you're stressed
"Being stressed increases the hormone cortisol which uses our energy reserves, so we feel like we need something sweet to boost energy levels," explained Dr Nicky Keay (UCL Medicine).
Liver dialysis device proved safe and effective for treating severe liver failure
The first successful in-patient trial of liver dialysis has been completed by researchers including Professor Rajiv Jalan and Dr Banwari Agarwal (both UCL Medicine) with the Royal Free Hospital and UCL spin-out Yaqrit.
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Climate change could cause 50°C heatwaves in Spain by the end of the century
“With regular heatwaves at these temperatures, deaths would be expected to increase substantially, especially if it does not cool down at night," warned Professor Ilan Kelman (UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction) who highlighted the dangerous knock-on impacts.
Being socially active in mid-late life linked to 30-50% lower dementia risk
People who are socially engaged when middle aged and beyond are 30-50% less likely to develop dementia later on, finds a new review of evidence led by UCL researchers, led by Dr Andrew Sommerlad (UCL Psychiatry).
Quitters’ aid or addiction risk? Growing debate over vape regulation
Professor Jamie Brown (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) says there is a delicate balance to be struck between “maximising the opportunities for adults to quit and minimising risks of people who have never smoked, especially children, from using [vapes]".
Humans given chance to have a face-to-face chat with the future
At the International Conference on Robotics & Automation in London, a team involving Jan Luca Kästle (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) demonstrated a simulator designed to make automated driving safer using haptic feedback to alert the driver of hazards.
Taking Sides: Britain and The Civil War
"In Dublin they are still expecting this delegation to come home with a Republic and with a removal of the border and the delegation themselves in London are increasingly aware that they can't deliver," Professor Heather Jones (UCL History) on the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty talks.
Accelerated Christian Education textbooks used in UK schools deny human-caused climate change
One of the world’s largest fundamentalist Christian education groups is teaching its students climate change denial as fact and presents the theory of evolution as a conspiracy theory, finds a report led by Dr Jenna Scaramanga (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).
Stars could be invisible within 20 years as light pollution brightens night skies and impacts health
“We are becoming starved of red and infra-red light and that has serious implications,” said Professor Robert Fosbury (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) who highlighted the need to turn LEDs into more friendly lighting with a wider colour spectrum to reduce damage to human health.
How intensive farming practices are wiping out Europe’s wild birds
“While many studies have tried to figure out what has driven bird declines in UK and Europe, this is the first to look at the major, man-made drivers in one go, using the best data available," said Professor Richard Gregory (UCL Biosciences) who co-authored the new major study.