Archive of UCL Global News
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30 September 2011: ‘Back-up system’ reduces heart disease deaths
Small bypass vessels which act as a ‘back-up system’ for the heart’s main arteries play a significant role in reducing the mortality of patients with coronary artery disease, according to new research. More...
22 September 2011: Is the 'longevity gene' nearing the end of its life?
Sirtuins, proteins
believed to significantly increase lifespan in a number of organisms – and the
claimed target of some anti-ageing creams – do not, in fact, affect animal
longevity, according to new research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the
European Union.
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14 September 2011: ‘Facebook of things’ includes Annie Lennox’s dress and a bus stop in Norway
Using QR code technology, academics in the UK have created a system that allows everything in the world to be connected to an online profile. More...
8 September 2011: Names, not social networks, bind us to global cultural and ethnic communities
Links between hundreds of millions of
names belonging to people all around the world have been analysed by geographers
from UCL and the University of Auckland. The results reveal how our forenames and surnames are connected in distinct
global networks of cultural, ethnic and linguistic communities.
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