UCL in the media
Has India already beaten the super-infectious new Covid variant?
"We’ll never be back to early pandemic ‘square one’, as protection against severe symptoms and deaths, provided by vaccination and prior infections will remain, whatever variant SARS-CoV-2 may throw at us in the future," commented Professor Francois Balloux (UCL Biosciences).
Consultancies are coming off a pandemic boom. Are they still worth hiring?
National administrations have “become reliant on consultants, and the problem is the consultants take advantage of that... Governments have stopped investing in their own brains," commented Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose).
Issues with assessing child asylum seekers
Professor Tim Cole (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health) says that it’s important asylum seekers aren’t pressured into having X-Rays or MRI scans as part of age assessment under Government plans.
‘Whenever I get my period I have a seizure’: How menstruation impacts medical conditions
“Catamenial epilepsy can be defined as cyclic seizure exacerbation in relation to the menstrual cycle. This is most likely due to changes in the levels of the sex hormones, oestrogen and progesterone,” explained Dr Simona Balestrini (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology).
'The new epidemic': Why more pupils are missing school
Some pupils are off due to “crippling anxiety and a loss of social and academic confidence," commented PhD candidate Andy Eyles (UCL Economics) who warned that evidence on how to reduce absenteeism in schools is extremely weak and will vary in effectiveness.
Game Over? CMA block of Activision deal to set the tone for other regulators
"The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) seem to acknowledge cloud gaming is dynamic but they seem convinced it will grow a lot in the future and Microsoft is already well positioned to dominate the space," commented Dr Joost Rietveld (UCL School of Management).
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Record ocean temperatures put Earth in ‘uncharted territory’, say scientists
"It seems we have moved to a warmer climate system with frequent extreme climate events and record-breaking temperatures that are the new normal," said Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) who warns that the climate crisis is taking hold before our eyes.
Most massive touching stars ever found will eventually collide as black holes
The most massive touching stars ever found are on course to become black holes that will eventually crash together, generating waves in the fabric of space-time, finds a new study by PhD students Matthew Rickard (UCL Physics & Astronomy) and Daniel Pauli at Potsdam University.
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Jupiter launch postponed
Dr Francisco Diego (UCL Physics & Astronomy) describes the likelihood that the ESA’s JUICE space probe might find life on Jupiter’s seemingly inhospitable icy moons Ganymede, Callisto and Europa and what it could be like if it does.
Time zones on the Moon
“The lunar day lasts 29-and-a-half Earth days. So, on the Moon we can see the Sun rise and set across a span of 14 days,” said Dr Francisco Diego (UCL Physics & Astronomy) describing some of the difficulties in setting up a common lunar reference time.