UCL in the media
Defiance heightens against China's lockdown rules
China is “extremely poorly prepared” for a major Covid surge warned Professor Francis Balloux (UCL Biosciences) as protestors in China call for an end to President Xi Jinping's lockdown rules.
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Huge increase in children taking sleeping drugs
"There’s been a great deal of slowness in the profession [from] GPs and some paediatricians, despite [clinical trials] showing some benefit," said Professor Alastair Sutcliffe (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health) on new data showing growing rates of young people taking melatonin.
Poorer women in UK have sixth-highest cancer death rates in Europe
A new WHO study published in Lancet Regional Health found poorer women in Britain have some of the highest cancer death rates in Europe. The research team included members from Imperial College and UCL, who based their findings on data from adults aged 40 to 79 in 17 countries.
Live fast, avoid extinction
Animals that live fast – that is, frequent or abundant reproduction and short lifespans – are more resilient to human-driven land use changes than those with slow life-histories, finds a new study led by Dr Gonzalo Albaladejo Robles (UCL Biosciences).
Promising new Alzheimer’s drug
Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute at ʼһ) previews a promising new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease which shows a significant clinical benefit to patients, and explains why finding effective treatments for Alzheimer’s have proved so elusive.
The ethnic pay gap
Professor Heidi Mirza (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) describes the wage gaps that exist between different minority ethnic groups, and some of the drivers that are causing this inequality, ranging from different job types to discrimination.
Finding the Neanderthal artefacts under the English Channel
“Most of these rocky landscapes are too deeply submerged for us to carry out normal archaeology. We’d have to dive, or use robotic submarines,” said Dr Matthew Pope (UCL Archaeology), describing the challenges of searching for Neanderthal artefacts in the English Channel.
Westminster council rebrand names minorities ‘global majority’
Rosemary Campbell-Stephens (Visiting fellow of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) coined the term in 2020 and wrote that it “encourages those so-called to think of themselves as belonging to the majority on Planet Earth”.
Joe Biden could ignore Republican house subpoena
The White House may "revert to the status quo ante by working with Congress to provide relevant information or... follow Trump's lead by stymieing probes at every turn. My guess is that we'll see a bit of both," said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
Clever materials that can inject greenery into cityscapes
“We have an incredible amount of surface area in our urban fabric and we could be making much better use of this,” said Dr Brenda Parker (UCL Biochemical Engineering) who works with new materials to develop prototypes which could be used as green building blocks in the future.