UCL in the media
Covid three years on: How the pandemic changed Britain
“For career prospects, job skills learning and socialising, we do find young people for whom the pandemic hasn’t ended, and who said things are not back to normal and they continue to be worse off," highlighted Dr Golo Henseke (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).
The Wagner Group, Russia’s maybe-private army in Ukraine, explained
The Wagner Group is a “one-stop shop for all autocrats around the world,” said Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) who explained the history of Russia’s private military army in Ukraine.
How a blast of hot gas fired down the oesophagus could ease the agony of heartburn
"It's well worth doing an initial small trial, but there have been many novel procedures for acid reflux that have fallen by the wayside," said Professor Laurence Lovat (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) who commented on the new approach being tested in Germany.
Lighting up tumours could help surgeons remove them more precisely
A new technique that combines real-time images of inside the body with a type of infrared light has, for the first time, been used during surgery to differentiate between cancerous tumours and healthy tissue, led by Dr Stefano Giuliani (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health).
Experts say Russia's former president is doing what he can to win favour with Putin
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is "playing the tune that comes in the inner circle, when it wants him to be hard line he'll be hard line," commented Dr Ben Noble (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) who highlighted Medvedev's "cosmetic Western interest".
The speech disorder which causes a native speaker to be perceived as having a “foreign” accent
"When we hear an unfamiliar accent, we will try and place it, so with Foreign Accent Syndrome it's more in the ear of the listener than it is in the voice of the person speaking," explained Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).
Eight things nutrition experts want you to know
Dr Stuart Bloom (UCL Medicine) weighs in on the “exclusion diet”, where you eat very bland, comfort-type food for a few days and gradually reintroduce each food type to discover sensitivities. "But if you don’t have any trouble and you feel fine, there’s no need," said Dr Bloom.
UK government plans to introduce consistent waste collection policies
Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) comments on plans for recycling collections to be standardised across England and highlights that the new environmental bill will ask producers to pay for recycling rather than the taxpayer.
How a new app could help ten million Britons with long Covid, asthma and COPD
The Lungy Health app, developed by Dr Luke Hale (UCL Surgery and Interventional Science), uses screen visuals to guide the patient through breathing exercises that can help treat Covid symptoms and could be made available by the end of the year.
Tech neck is back
Researchers Dave Cook (UCL Anthropology) and Anna Rudnicka (UCL Psychology & Language Science) highlight the health impacts of working from home and the changes in working culture, particularly the practice of taking work breaks.