UCL in the media
No Place to Call Home: A Newsround Special
Professor Monica Lakhanpaul (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) visits children in Glasgow to discuss how children might experience homelessness. She said: “There’s been a 70% rise in children in temporary accommodation over the last 10 years”.
The Trump dynasty is taking shape
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said: "Who says Trump is a self-absorbed megalomaniac? If there's one thing Trump loves better than himself, it's the idea of a Trump dynasty”.
Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditions
Climate change, and its effects on weather patterns and adverse weather events, is likely to negatively affect the health of people with brain conditions, argues Professor Sanjay Sisodiya (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology).
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Female health apps misuse highly sensitive data
Apps designed for female health monitoring are exposing users to unnecessary privacy and safety risks through their poor data handling practices, according to new researchers including Lisa Malki (UCL Computer Science).
Human rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return home
Dr Francesca Lessa (UCL Institute of the Americas) said there were some parallels with the way autocratic governments in Latin America made agreements to work together to eliminate their political opponents on each other’s soil in the late 1970s to 1980s.
Donald Trump accused of 'editing' notes for allies' speeches during trial
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said: "Whether it's carrying out shady business deals or trying to contaminate a jury pool, Trump always relies on his surrogates to do the dirty work for him".
Doctor’s incurable cancer in remission after novel treatment
Professor Paul Mulholland (UCL Cancer Institute) said: “It’s wonderful to see Professor Scolyer doing so well. It is a credit to Professor Georgina Long and team.”
Doctor’s incurable cancer in remission after novel treatment
Professor Paul Mulholland (UCL Cancer Institute) said: “It’s wonderful to see Professor Scolyer doing so well. It is a credit to Professor Georgina Long and team.”
The latest from Rafah and a record number of internally displaced
Dr Yaroslav Melekh (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) explains the scale of attacks Russia has levelled at Ukraine, targeting its power infrastructure.
First ‘warm-blooded’ dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago
The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago, suggests a new study led by Dr Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza (UCL Earth Sciences).
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