Latest Engineering Sciences News
UCL software reveals Ulster’s forgotten history in fire-damaged book
Publication date: 20 June 2013
Researchers from UCL have used specially designed software to digitise the Great Parchment book, a crucial historical text documenting the City of London’s role in 17th century Ulster that was previously unreadable for over 200 years due to fire damage.
£7 million Infrastructure Business Model Centres to engineer future UK
Publication date: 29 May 2013
Two new centres that will help shape the way the UK’s future infrastructure is planned and implemented were officially launched this week today during an event at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) in London.
Brain training and stimulation improves mental arithmetic ability
Publication date: 17 May 2013
With just a few days of non-harmful brain stimulation and brain training, scientists have improved people’s ability to manipulate numbers for up to six months.
Mobile health technologies to rapidly test and track infectious diseases
Publication date: 9 May 2013
Early-warning sensor systems that can test and track serious infectious diseases – such as major flu epidemics, MRSA and HIV – using mobile phones and the internet are being developed by a major new Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC) led by UCL.
UCL awarded record number of ESRC studentships
Publication date: 9 May 2013
18 multidisciplinary studentships worth an estimated £1.6 million have been awarded to UCL’s Doctoral Training Centre by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Google search patterns reveal early signs of stock market movements
Publication date: 25 April 2013
Patterns in Google searches for financial terms could have been used as early warning signs of stock market movements, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports.
Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas
Publication date: 19 April 2013
What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL.
Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops
Publication date: 26 March 2013
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UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide
Publication date: 13 March 2013
UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers.
The RCUK Policy on Open Access introduces, with effect from 1 April 2013, new open access requirements for research papers funded by the Research Councils.
Most extraordinary materials on earth housed in new Institute of Making
Publication date: 12 March 2013
This week the Institute of Making opens at UCL giving a permanent home to the Materials Library, a collection of the most unusual materials in the world, and the MakeSpace, the ultimate making workshop.
EPSRC announces new UCL Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering
Publication date: 12 March 2013
Innovative engineering projects announced today, including a new Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering at UCL, will bring leading engineers and scientists together to address some of the major engineering challenges facing the world.
Engineering the future of healthcare
Publication date: 8 March 2013
Three creative engineering projects led by researchers at UCL have been awarded £2.8 million by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC).
UCL scientists to be recognised at Suffrage Science event
Publication date: 28 February 2013
Two UCL scientists are participating in the annual Medical Research Council event, Suffrage Science, along with 10 other leading female researchers.
City layout key to predicting riots
Publication date: 21 February 2013
In the future police will be able to predict the spread of riots, and how they impact on cities, thanks to a new computer model.
£12.9m for UK Catalysis Research Centre
Publication date: 1 February 2013
In an exciting joint venture, scientists from UCL will play a leading role in the development of a UK catalysis research hub. The initiative is a partnership between UCL and the University of Cardiff, the University of Bath and Queen’s University Belfast.
UCL plans new department at the interface between STEM and policy
Publication date: 22 January 2013
UCL is opening a new department focused on the interface between science, technology, engineering, maths (STEM) and policy, as well as an associated interdisciplinary research institute, in September 2013.
UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering win Department of the Year Award
Publication date: 19 December 2012
England’s oldest Electrical Engineering
Department, founded at UCL in 1885 by the ‘father of electronics’ Professor Sir
Ambrose Fleming, has won the ‘Engineers of the Future – University Department
of the Year’ award.
Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL
Publication date: 18 December 2012
23 postdoctoral
researchers from 14 different countries have been awarded Marie Curie
Individual Fellowships. The awards will enable researchers to spend up to two
years working with research teams across all schools at UCL.
UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing open day
Publication date: 14 December 2012
On December 17th 2012, the UCL Centre for
Medical Image Computing will be holding their fourth open day to disseminate its research to colleagues, collaborators and funders.
UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available
Publication date: 23 November 2012
The UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme invites applications to fund cross-disciplinary projects in Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing.
UCL News podcast: Bletchley Park, Flaxman Galleries and Captain America
Publication date: 23 November 2012
The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.
Rapid, early warning HIV test in development thanks to £1 million funding
Publication date: 22 November 2012
A new hand-held device that can diagnose patients at the early stages of HIV and give results within minutes is in development following a £1 million investment in the technology.
BBC & UCL announce new strategic partnership
Publication date: 21 November 2012
BBC
Research & Development today announced a new strategic partnership with
UCL, to drive innovation, and collaborate on a wide programme of R&D
activity. Building on the BBC’s history
of partnerships, this venture will bring together some of the brightest minds
in the UK
to discuss and tackle the challenges for digital media and the creative
industry at large.
Members of the public asked to help tend Feynman’s Flowers
Publication date: 9 November 2012
Researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) are asking members of the public to help unlock the secrets of magnetism at the molecular scale by taking part in a citizen science project entitled ‘Feynman’s Flowers’, which officially launches today.
UCL Research Frontiers Contest results
Publication date: 6 November 2012
The results of the UCL Research Frontiers contest have been announced, celebrating the fact that curiosity-driven discovery and analysis has been a feature of UCL from its foundation.

