UCL in the media
The secret to beating hay fever could lie in your gut
“You need to give the bacteria time to respond, and your immune system time to calm down,” said Professor Simon Gaisford (UCL School of Pharmacy) on the anti-inflammatory diets which can help both to prevent and alleviate hay fever symptoms.
Scientists design robot hand that can grasp objects based on wrist movement
“The sensors, which are sort of like the robot’s skin, measure the pressure being applied to the object... The hand is very simple, but it can pick up a lot of objects with the same strategy," explained robotics and AI expert Dr Thomas George-Thuruthel (UCL Computer Science).
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Warnings over vaping amid Government plan to wean a million smokers off tobacco
“When you burn tobacco it creates more chemicals, and many of those are carcinogenic. Whereas in e-cigarettes, you heat an e-liquid, which has fewer chemicals in it and there’s no tobacco in it, it’s just nicotine," commented Dr Lion Shahab (UCL Epidemiology & Health).
Huge Russian volcano erupts with threat to European flights
"When and if the cloud spreads, it is possible that it could interfere with some flights... but I think any such impacts will be limited, if they happen at all," commented Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences) on the Shiveluch volcanic eruption in Russia's far east.
Covid: Staff propped up care homes without extra pay, says report
The report co-written by Dr Amy Horton (UCL Geography) stated public money helped stabilise UK care homes during the first wave of Covid-19 but it was withdrawn too soon and not focused on staff.
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'Confusing census' means UK transgender population may be smaller than thought
“Census questions have to be clear to the entire population and that includes people who do not have English as a first language and anyone who is not familiar with gender theory," highlighted Professor Alice Sullivan (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).
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Hearing aids in middle age 'ward off dementia'
"It seems more plausible to me that the association reflects that individuals on their way to developing dementia struggle to take up or use hearing aids," commented Professor Robert Howard (UCL Institute of Mental Health) who still encouraged their use.
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A teenager’s brain power may impact whether they will become overweight or obese as adults, says study
“We found a very small association that means that, on average, siblings with higher cognitive ability are unlikely to weigh much less than siblings with lower cognitive ability,” said lead author of the new study Liam Wright (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).
See the sharp new image of an iconic black hole
“Obviously, there’s more work which needs to be done to look at this algorithm and do more tests, but it’s potentially a very exciting result,” commented Dr Ziri Younsi (UCL Space & Climate Physics) on the new research as a member of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.
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Potential reasons behind weight loss in advanced cancer uncovered
Dr Mariam Jamal-Hanjani (UCL Cancer Institute) and researchers at the Francis Crick Institute believe they are now one step closer to understanding the causes of cachexia – sudden loss of weight, appetite and muscle – that some patients experience in late stages of cancer.
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