UCL in the media
When the UK’s ready-made sandwich industry took off
In the 1980s “female full-time employment rates really started to rise rapidly. There were fewer women at home to make sandwiches for others, and they were too busy to make them for themselves,” said Professor Oriel Sullivan (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society).
When HIV was passed through blood transfusions
Dr Edward Tuddenham (UCL Cancer Institute) recalls how doctors weighed the risks of transmitting pathogens through blood transfusions to haemophiliacs in the 1970s and ‘80s as the AIDS epidemic.
The ever-changing brain
“Anything you remember from this evening will be because your brain has changed." Professors Sophie Scott and Uta Frith (both UCL Psychology & Language Sciences), describing how the human brain is always growing and changing, even from the simple act of forming a memory.
New book highlights the severity of climate change
“I know a lot of people working in climate science who say one thing in public but a very different thing in private. In confidence, they are all much more scared about the future we face,” said Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences).
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Misconduct allegations against promising Alzheimer’s treatment
“They broke the rules of how you analyse clinical trial results to make it look like there was a benefit when there wasn’t. I see this as fraudulent,” said Professor Robert Howard (UCL Psychiatry).
Energy company criticised for climate change denial
“It’s saying, ‘Oh well, it’s not really all about greenhouse gases, so you don’t have to worry so much,’ and ‘Climate change is happening but it’s impossible [to avert], so let’s not worry about it.’ This is classic denial 101,” said Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography).
Monkeypox continues to spread
“[Monkeypox] is not a pathogen that has the potential to become an STD in the heterosexual population,” said Professor Francis Balloux (UCL Biosciences).
New research lowers upper temperature limit for human survival
“The numbers of people exposed to potentially deadly combinations of heat and humidity across the world would be vastly higher than previously thought,” said Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences).
Lockdown may have compressed outbreak of diseases
"[W]e may have uncovered something that typically happens over a longer period of time. We're seeing rare complications, that would normally be spread out over the course of two years, being bunched together," said Professor Judith Breuer (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health).
Russia seeks release of arms dealer and alleged agent
“All countries try to get their citizens out of rough jurisdictions, but it is clear that it has been a particular priority for the Russians in getting [arms dealer] Viktor Bout back,” Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).
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