UCL Headlines viewer http://www.ucl.ac.uk/headlines-viewer/rss Nick Dawe 2011-03-30T15:21:03Z Open access inaction http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/190613- From time to time, it's important to pause the bureaucratic debate about open access and recognise how stupid scientific publishing is, says Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science and Technology Studies). Read: Guardian UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-06-19T09:13:45Z Funding freeze is hitting hard, say UK researchers http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/170613-funding-freeze-hitting-uk-researchers “We were quite frankly surprised by just how much scientists are struggling to cope in the current climate of managed decline in funding," said Dr Jennifer Rohn, a biologist at UCL and founder of Science is Vital. Read: Nature More: THE (£) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-06-18T11:02:56Z UCL academics receive awards in Queen's Birthday Honours list http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/17062013-Queens-Birthday-Honours-Grant-Johnson-Khaw Professors Malcolm Grant (UCL Provost), Anne Johnson (UCL Research Department of Infection and Population Health) and Peng Khaw (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours list. Read: UCL News (1) (2) (3) THE HSJ UCL News David R Weston 2013-06-17T09:42:59Z Scientists uncover clues to cancer's spread http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/160613-scientists-uncover-clues-to-cancer-spread "(This) suggests an alternative way in which cancer treatments might work in the future if therapies can be targeted at the process of interaction between malignant and healthy cells," said Prof. Roberto Mayor (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology). Read: Telegraph More: UCL News io9 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-06-17T09:18:28Z The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/160613-modern-poetry-guide This invaluable guide to poets writing in English since the turn of the 20th century suggests a healthy literary industry. The truth is rather different, says Professor John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature). Read: Sunday Times (£) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-06-17T15:13:32Z Half of prostate cancer cases may be missed http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/150613-half-of-prostate-cancer-cases-may-be-missed "At UCLH we have been using MRI, followed by a guided biopsy for several years, but there are only a handful of hospitals in this country which currently do this, and that needs to change,” said Professor Mark Emberton (UCL Research Department of Urology). Read: Telegraph More: Daily Mail Independent Telegraph (2) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-06-17T15:37:36Z Science prizes: The new Nobels http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/14062013-the-new-Nobels Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) questions whether new multi-million dollar science prizes will encourage early career scientists to stay the course. Read: Nature UCL News Clare S Ryan 2013-06-14T09:39:55Z Scientists challenge patent ban for embryonic stem cell research http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/14062013-embryonic-stem-cell-patent-ban Professor Pete Coffey (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) joins calls by scientists and lawyers in Britain challenging a European ban on the patenting of embryonic stem cells. Read: Independent UCL News Clare S Ryan 2013-06-14T09:14:42Z Regulation for E cigarettes http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/120613-e-cigarettes “The opportunity that this [regulation] is giving us to really put an end to the tobacco epidemic is really too much of a prize to let go,” says Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast (from 1hr 25mins) UCL News George Wigmore 2013-06-12T09:51:31Z What makes Wokingham England's healthiest place to live? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/062013/120613-wokingham-healthiest-place-to-live "The fact Wokingham is prosperous, has high rates of employment and good schools will all have a dramatic impact," says Dr Jessica Allen (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). Read: The Guardian UCL News George Wigmore 2013-06-12T09:24:58Z