MAPS News in UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps-faculty/maps-faculty-viewer/rss Nicholas Dawe 2010-07-12T11:12:21Z X-rays emitted from black holes sterilise galaxies http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/120510-x-rays-from-black-holes-sterilise-galaxies Astronomers at UCL, using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, have shown that the number of stars that form during the early lives of galaxies may be controlled by the massive black holes at their hearts. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-05-10T10:49:32Z UCL News podcast – 3 May 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/03052012-UCL-News-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 2012-05-03T14:26:09Z Billion euro ESA mission to explore icy worlds of Jupiter http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/20120502-ESA-Jupiter-mission The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved a new mission, which includes scientists from UCL, to explore Jupiter and the habitability of its icy moons. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-05-02T15:36:58Z UCL gives evidence to House of Lords Select Committee http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/02052012-ucl-evidence-stem-select-committee Professor David Bogle (Head of UCL Graduate School) gave evidence on 24 April to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee inquiry into higher education in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-05-02T10:18:11Z 50th Anniversary of the UK's first step into space http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/26042012-50th-anniversary-uk-first-step-space The first satellite to carry experiments devised and operated by UK universities including UCL was launched 50 years ago today. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-04-26T10:26:48Z UCL News podcast – 18 April 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/19042012-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 2012-04-19T13:22:48Z Study links Google search behaviour to GDP http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/copy_of_120405-study-links-google-searches-to-GDP Internet users from countries with a higher per capita gross domestic product (GDP) are more likely to search for information about the future than information about the past, a quantitative analysis of Google search queries has shown. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-04-05T13:10:00Z £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 Agreement signed between UCL and Institute in Tokyo http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/160312-ISM-UCL-collaboration UCL Centre for Computational Statistics and Machine Learning (CSML) and the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) in Tokyo have signed an agreement to work together to develop the field of statistical machine learning. RSS Feed Neil D Rodger 2012-03-16T17:00:06Z GlobIce: mapping the movement of sea ice http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/14032012-GlobIce A UCL-led project to map changes in sea ice in the Arctic has released its data after the conclusion of the 5 year project.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-03-14T12:25:17Z Oxygen discovered at Saturn’s moon Dione http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/02032012-oxygen-at-saturns-moon-dione Dione, one of Saturn’s icy moons, has a weak exosphere which includes molecules of oxygen, according to new findings from the Cassini-Huygens mission. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-03-01T16:17:42Z UCL Vice-Provost (Research) responds to minister’s Our Hi-Tech Future speech http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/January2012/11012012-vice-provost-research-hi-tech-future-speech Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research), comments on the recent speech, Our Hi-Tech Future , by the Minister of State for Universities & Science, the Rt Hon David Willetts: RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-01-11T10:06:37Z UCL News review 2011 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111223-ucl-news-review The past year at UCL has seen a landmark larynx transplant, a lecture from Noam Chomsky, simulated missions to Mars and a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, among many other groundbreaking developments. UCL Communications has created the digital review of the year below: click on the images to discover more. RSS Feed Nicholas Dawe 2011-12-22T09:47:27Z UCL Research Strategy published http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111213-UCL-Research-Strategy-published The 2011 UCL Research Strategy calls for a transformation of the understanding of the role of our comprehensive research-intensive university in the 21st century. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2011-12-14T10:16:54Z Do we need a ‘science of evidence’? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1111/111129-science-of-evidence Evidence is key to many topical debates such as global warming, evolution, the search for weapons of mass destruction, DNA profiling, and advances in science and medicine. A new book asks whether, considering the importance of evidence for so many disciplines, a general ‘science of evidence’ is possible – or even desirable. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-11-29T09:54:32Z UCL student experiences life on Mars... in Utah http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1110/111026-student-life-on-mars-utah As part of her MSc in Systems Engineering Management, Angeliki Kapoglou (UCL Space and Climate Physics) spent last spring as a member of an international crew on the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS). RSS Feed Ben Stevens Benjamin Henry Paul Stevens 2011-10-28T09:30:31Z Mars simulation photo wins student competition http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1110/111021-mars-photo-wins-competition A photograph of a project in the Utah desert that simulates the environment on Mars has taken first prize in a UCL student photography competition. RSS Feed Ben Stevens Benjamin Henry Paul Stevens 2011-10-26T10:52:38Z London Science Festival at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1110/11101001-london-science-festival-2011 This year, UCL’s ‘Your Universe’ Festival of Astronomy is running in partnership with the London Science Festival 2011. For full listings including times, dates and UCL venues please follow the links below. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-10-10T11:41:52Z Solar Orbiter and Euclid space missions given go-ahead http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1110/11100501 UCL scientists and engineers are to provide instruments for two major space missions which have been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA). RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-10-05T15:56:14Z Scientists lay out plans for efficient solar energy harvesting http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1109/11092301-efficient-harvesting-of-solar-energy Solar power could be harvested more efficiently and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research inspired by new insights into natural photosynthesis. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-09-23T09:16:46Z UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants available http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1109/11091902 Up to £5,000 per project is available to UCL staff through the 2011 UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme. The closing date for applications is 18 November 2011. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2011-09-19T15:07:48Z UCL wins 10 European Research Council grants http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1108/11080401-erc-starting-investigator-grants Ten UCL researchers have received European Research Council (ERC) Starting Investigator grants with a total value of more than £12.4 million. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2011-08-04T11:18:54Z First observational test of the ‘multiverse’ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1108/110802-first-test-of-multiverse The theory that our universe is contained inside a bubble, and that multiple alternative universes exist inside their own bubbles – making up the ‘multiverse’ – is, for the first time, being tested by physicists. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-08-03T09:48:23Z UCL at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1107/08072011-royal-society-summer-science-exhibition This year more scientists from UCL than ever are taking part in the Royal Society’s Summer Science exhibition, which showcases the most exciting cutting-edge science and technology research from around the country. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-07-08T15:05:24Z Herschel finds source of cosmic dust in a stellar explosion http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1106/0707201102-source-of-cosmic-dust-supernovae-explosion ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory is helping unravel the mystery of the origin of cosmic dust. Thanks to the resolution and sensitivity of Herschel, astronomers have been able to detect cosmic dust from a supernova, adding weight to the theory that these cosmic fireworks are responsible for its creation.  RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-07-08T08:49:54Z