UCL in the media
Pollution 'awakens' mutant cells that cause lung cancer
Air pollution causes lung cancer by "waking up" dormant mutant cells that grow into tumours, a new study co-led by Professor Charles Swanton (UCL Cancer Institute) and researchers at the Francis Crick Institute has discovered.
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Right to Health: The fight over who'll pay hospital bills of India's poor
An efficient right to health needs to "become a daily, lived reality" for people in India, said Dr Radhika Jain (UCL Global Business School for Health) as thousands of private doctors in Rajasthan protest against the world's largest public healthcare scheme.
Why Joe Biden is refusing to talk about Donald Trump indictment
"Biden has nothing to gain, but much to lose, by commenting on Trump's prosecution. If he even remotely hinted at Trump's guilt, he'd be accused of pressing his thumb on the judicial scales and using his power to influence the trial," said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
The British monarchy’s ties to slavery are writ large in the historical archives
“Those of us living in the rich societies of the west have all, albeit profoundly unequally, enjoyed the fruits of racial capitalism," stressed Professor Catherine Hall (UCL History), head of UCL’s Legacies of British Slavery project.
Breast and mixed fed children less likely to have learning disability, says study
“Correlations are not causal. There could be factors other than no breast feeding which are associated with special educational needs, such as low socio-economic status," commented Dr Danya Glaser (UCL Psychoanalysis Unit and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children).
Covid vaccine to be offered to vulnerable babies and children in UK
"I think we should offer all parents the choice to protect their infants, toddlers and young children through vaccination before their first Covid infection," said Professor Christina Pagel (UCL Mathematics) as clinically vulnerable children are offered vaccinations from June.
Social media unlikely to cause mental health problems in adolescents
There is little evidence to show that teenagers in the UK who spend more time on social media have worse mental health, finds a new study led by Dr Ruth Plackett (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health).
The Royal Navy wants robot squid and other ‘bio-inspired’ deep-sea weapons to fight future wars
“It is difficult to replicate the motions of soft-bodied organisms," commented Dr Thomas George-Thuruthel (UCL Computer Science) who explained the challenge in producing a “HMS Tentacles” due to the difficulty in robotically replicating the behaviour of sea creatures.
Jupiter icy moon explorer prepares to discover new worlds
A Jupiter-exploring mission, which includes hardware provided by UCL scientists, will take off today, Thursday 13th April, and will investigate whether some of the planet’s icy moons are home to conditions that could support life.
An anti-ageing revolution: What does it take to launch the next generation of skincare?
"[The peptide prediction] is innovative, robust work that is the first exciting step on a long journey. They’ve shown that in terms of skin, you can reconstitute parts of it," commented Professor Arne Akbar (UCL Medicine) on No7's new skincare range backed by science.