UCL in the media
Russia revives Soviet era ‘Mother Heroine’ award to encourage population growth
The “pronatalist” campaign is “obviously a conscious echo of the Stalinist past [but] I don’t see contemporary young Russian women really responding to the call. They have other things on their mind,” said Dr Kristin Roth-Ey (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).
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The ‘Power of Poo’
Dr Priti Parikh (UCL Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction) uses stand up comedy and toilet humour to highlight the need for greater access to sanitation facilities for as many as 4.2 billion people on the planet.
Milky Way Galaxy’s black hole hard to see
"Black holes play a fundamental role in the genesis of the Universe, our Galaxy and every other galaxy. They are the bedrock, the gravitational anchors holding everything together so it’s remarkable we can actually see them now,” said Dr Ziri Younsi (UCL Space & Climate Physics).
Donald Trump still dominates the Republican party
"If there's one lesson from [Representative Liz} Cheney's lopsided defeat, it's how difficult it is to run as a Republican who doesn't embrace the former president with the level of toadying fealty he expects," said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
On the prevalence of Covid brain fog
Dr Jonathan Rogers and Professor Glyn Lewis (both UCL Psychiatry) said recent research about the wide prevalence of Covid-caused brain fog highlighted "some clinical features that particularly merit further investigation."
Finding a place at ʼһ
Refugee student Grisha Sheldunov (UCL Chemistry), who arrived in England in April after having to flee the war in Ukraine, will take up his place to study Chemistry at ʼһ in September.
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Donald Trump’s FBI raid rhetoric akin to January 6
"Trump's ominous language around the FBI raid goes far enough to ratchet up anger among this base to an 11, but with enough qualifiers and ambiguity to give him plausible deniability when he's accused of inciting actual violence," said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
Bicycling lanes in London
“Many Londoners want to cycle to avoid using public transport but are concerned about their safety when cycling on main roads. This new analysis shows there is plenty of space to create cycle lanes on key routes,” said Dr Ashley Dhanani (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture).
Winter Covid predictions
Professor Karl Friston (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) said his epidemiological model for the spread of Covid this coming winter “suggests that prevalence will exceed any previous wave – by a factor of about 40 per cent.”
Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant comes under fire
“I’m pretty worried about it. If shelling caused damage to the containment vessel or to the control system or to the cooling system then we could have on our hands another Fukushima Daiichi,” said Professor David Alexander (UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction).