Latest Human Wellbeing News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-wellbeing/human-wellbeing-viewer/rss admin 2010-09-06T13:47:28Z Study finds brain system for emotional self-control http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/100513-study-finds-brain-system-for-emotional-self-control Different brain areas are activated when we choose for ourselves to suppress an emotion, compared to situations where we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-10T10:03:15Z Children with behavioural problems under-react to painful images http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/020513-children-with-behavioural-problems-under-react-to-painful-images When children with conduct problems see images of others in pain, key parts of their brains under-react, according to new research published today in Current Biology. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-02T16:08:22Z UCL PhD researcher strikes gold in Parliament http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/180313-UCL-PhD-students-present-science-at-Parliament Joanna Brunker, a PhD student in the UCL Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, struck Gold at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her Biology research, walking away with a £3,000 prize yesterday. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-16T14:34:26Z Study finds strong genetic component to childhood obesity http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/260313-childhood-obesity-genetics-heritability Childhood body weight is strongly influenced by genes according to new research published today in the International Journal of Obesity . RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-27T13:32:57Z Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/20130326-french-embassy-workshops UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-26T16:30:01Z Yale UCL Collaborative: 4D imaging transforms heart healthcare http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0113/17012013-Yale-UCL-Collaborative-4D-heart-imaging Modern cardiovascular surgery is being transformed by virtual imaging, according to a talk given at the Yale UCL Cardiovascular Device Innovation Summit. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-01-17T16:57:40Z Developing cities face perfect storm of environmental risks http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/281112-future-proofing-cities A major report, Future Proofing Cities , published today by Atkins in a unique partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID) and UCL, warns that cities in the developing world must act now against a perfect storm of environmental risks. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-11-28T11:13:23Z UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/20121123-grand-challenges-grants-available The UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme invites applications to fund cross-disciplinary projects in Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-06T15:08:49Z Happy youngsters more likely to grow into wealthy adults, study finds http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/20112012-happy-children-wealthy-adults The first in-depth investigation of whether youthful happiness leads to greater wealth in later life reveals that, even allowing for other influences, happy adolescents are likely to earn more money as adults. RSS Feed Ed Nash 2012-11-20T10:23:25Z Personalised feedback makes healthcare workers twice as likely to clean their hands http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/24102012-clean-your-hands-FIT-trial A major three-year trial led by researchers at UCL, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown that giving one-to-one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use soap. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-10-24T15:36:41Z UCL Behaviour Change Month – November 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/23102012-behaviour-change-month-grand-challenge-human-wellbeing UCL Behaviour Change Month in November 2012 will comprise a series of cross-disciplinary talks, discussions and workshops, and lead up to a £10,000 research prize workshop in January 2013. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-10-23T13:29:58Z Targeted health support needed for those with lower IQs http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1209/26092012-IQ-and-happiness Targeted health support is necessary for people with lower IQs according to new research which shows that they are unhappier and more likely to have poorer health than people with higher IQs.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-09-26T09:39:40Z UCL dementia scientists benefit from £1.5m charity funding boost http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1209/120921-UCL-dementia-scientists-benefit-from-1.5m-funding Dementia scientists at UCL are set to gain from a funding boost after Alzheimer’s Research UK committed a record amount of money to new research projects. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-09-21T09:17:36Z Lost letter experiment suggests wealthy London neighbourhoods are ‘more altruistic’ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1208/15082012-lost-letter-london-altruism Neighbourhood income deprivation has a strong negative effect on altruistic behaviour when measured by a ‘lost letter’ experiment, according to new UCL research published today in PLoS One. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-08-16T10:46:59Z £4.3 million award puts health records at the heart of research http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1208/02082012-4.3-million-for-e-health-research A new e-health research Centre of Excellence led by UCL will be established in London following an award of £4.3 million. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-08-02T09:03:50Z UCL News podcast: Royal Society summer science exhibition http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1206/07062012-UCL-News-podcast 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.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-06-07T12:59:45Z Research reveals association between red hair gene and rare birthmarks http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/12052012-red-hair-gene-birthmarks-research Research carried out at the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital has identified that the gene causing red hair - melanocortin-1-receptor (MC1R) - is more common in children with Congenital Melanocytic Naevi (CMN), a rare form of birthmark. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-05-11T14:13:04Z UCL joins NIHR School for Public Health Research http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/18042012-ucl-joins-nihr-school-for-public-health UCL is one of eight leading academic partners to form the newly established National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Public Health Research (SfPHR) in England. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-04-18T10:44:29Z Ultrasound therapy for prostate cancer developed http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/120417-prostate-sound-waves A new type of prostate cancer treatment, which uses sound waves to selectively target individual cancer sites, could provide an alternative to traditional treatment with significantly fewer side effects, according to promising results from a clinical trial. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-04-17T08:48:10Z Richard Moorhead becomes UCL’s first Chair in Law and Professional Ethics http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/02042012-richard-moorhead-joins-ucl-laws Professor Richard Moorhead, a highly-respected voice in legal education and legal aid, has been appointed as the first Chair in Law and Professional Ethics at UCL. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-04-02T12:37:11Z Prime Minister visits UCL Institute of Neurology http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/26032012-David-Cameron-Prime-Minister-IoN-Institute-Neurology-dementia UK Prime Minister David Cameron has visited the Dementia Research Centre at UCL as part of this morning’s government pledge to double dementia research funding to £66 million by 2015. RSS Feed David R Weston 2012-03-26T16:18:07Z £3.7m EPSRC funding for High Performance Computing http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/26032012-epsrc-funding-high-performance-computing UCL will play a key role in a new £3.7million regional centre for supercomputing, following an award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-26T09:43:37Z New project to help predict the future of the UK’s coastline http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/23032012-predicting-future-UK-coastline-iCoast A new project is being launched that will help forecast what the UK’s coastline will look like in up to 100 years’ time. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-23T16:47:43Z World TB Day at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/23032012-world-TB-day-at-UCL-2012 A conference titled ‘Tuberculosis: Local and Global’ is being held today (24 March) at UCL to mark World TB Day. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-23T10:39:38Z UCL News podcast – 14 March 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/14032012-UCL-podcast UCL News has launched a new podcast to give 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.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-03-14T12:03:07Z