MAPS News in UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps-faculty/maps-faculty-viewer/rss Nick Dawe 2010-07-12T11:12:21Z Mobile health technologies to rapidly test and track infectious diseases http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/Mobile-health-technologies-to-rapidly-test-and-track-infectious-diseases 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. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-05-09T09:47:00Z UCL awarded record number of ESRC studentships http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/090513-ESRC_studentships 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). RSS Feed Liz Almond Clare S Ryan 2013-05-09T09:47:00Z Herschel Space Observatory loses its cool http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/130430-Herschel-space-observatory-loses-its-cool Europe's Herschel Space Observatory has exhausted its supply of liquid helium coolant, after almost four years of scientific observations. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-04-30T11:02:01Z TEDxCERN simulcast at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/130422-TEDXCERN-simulcast-at-UCL CERN is hosting a TEDx event on 3 May 2013. Although the TEDxCERN main stage will be in Geneva, the UCL Institute for Origins and UCL Physics and Astronomy are hosting a live "simulcast" from 12:30 onwards on the day. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-04-22T12:50:18Z Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/190413-sounds-of-ucl-winners-panoramas 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. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2013-04-19T07:48:00Z Child heart surgeons access clearer picture of their success rate http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/040413-child-heart-surgeons-access-clearer-picture-of-their-success-rate For the first time, teams that care for children needing heart surgery have been able to review their short-term success rate better across all the different operations they perform. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-04-04T09:12:03Z Building quantum states with individual silicon atoms http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/030412-building-quantum-states-with-individual-silicon-atoms By introducing individual silicon atom ‘defects’ using a scanning tunnelling microscope, scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have coupled single atoms to form quantum states. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-04-03T15:04:02Z 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 UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/13032013-open-access-guidelines-publication-policy UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-13T12:34:48Z CryoSat-2 mission reveals major Arctic sea-ice loss http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/130212-CryoSat-2-mission-reveals-major-Arctic-sea-ice-loss Arctic sea ice volume has declined by 36 per cent in the autumn and 9 per cent in the winter between 2003 and 2012, a UK-led team of scientists has discovered. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-02-13T10:08:13Z Graphene research chosen as EU Future Emerging Technology flagship http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/130212-graphene-appointed-an-EU-FET-flagship The European Commission has chosen the Graphene Flagship as one of Europe’s first 10-year FET flagship projects. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-02-12T10:56:48Z Secret of scent lies in molecular vibrations http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0113/130113-secret-of-scent-lies-in-molecular-vibrations Molecular vibrations, rather than molecular shape, give substances their distinct smell according to a new study by UCL scientists. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-01-28T10:59:15Z Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/181212-Marie-Curie-Fellowships 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. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-18T12:47:46Z 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 Dark matter detector installed and submerged in South Dakota http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/121115-Dark-matter-detector-installed-and-submerged-in-South-Dakota An experiment to look for one of nature’s most elusive subatomic particles is finally under water, in a stainless steel tank nearly a mile underground beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-11-15T17:32:59Z Members of the public asked to help tend Feynman’s Flowers http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/121108-public-asked-to-tend-Feynmans-Flowers 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. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-11-09T10:46:54Z Dark Energy Camera Dedication at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/121108-Dark-Energy-Camera-dedication On November 9, 2012, ceremonies on the summit of Cerro Tololo, Chile will mark the dedication of the Dark Energy Camera and the beginning of the 50th anniversary celebration of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-11-08T11:08:04Z UCL Research Frontiers Contest results http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/06112012-research-frontiers-contest-results 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. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-11-06T13:21:36Z 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 £4.3m awarded for experimental particle physics http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/20121009-hep-experimental-physics The UCL High Energy Physics (HEP) research group in UCL Physics & Astronomy has been awarded £4,340,016 from the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for experimental particle physics research through to 2016. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale Clare S Ryan 2012-10-08T15:57:21Z UCL Mullard Space Science lab to train ESA staff http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/05102012-MSSL-wins-ESA-contract UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) has won a major 3-5 year contract to provide project management training to the next generation of project managers at the European Space Agency (ESA). RSS Feed David R Weston 2012-10-05T17:21:21Z UCL Discovery downloads surpass 2m http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/05102012-Discovery-open-access-downloads The total number of papers, reports and PhD dissertations downloaded from UCL Discovery , the university’s Open Access repository, surpassed 2,000,000 during September 2012. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-10-05T14:30:46Z Loopholes discovered in Sun’s magnetic belt http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/01102012-Loopholes-discovered-in-Suns-magnetic-belt The mystery surrounding how an electrically charged solar wind can be unleashed from around the Sun’s equator – an area where strong magnetic fields should strap it to the surface – has been solved by an international team of researchers. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-10-01T11:49:01Z UCL Chemistry students wow Year 8 pupils http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1209/120924-chemistry-students-wow-year-8-pupils What do you get if you combine 70 school children, enthusiastic teachers, magnets, bubbles, giant models of molecules and hard water? Answer: the UCL Chemistry schools Outreach day! RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-09-25T14:37:46Z Dark energy camera records first images http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1209/120917-first-image-from-dark-energy-camera Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. On 12 September, that ancient starlight found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the newly-constructed Dark Energy Camera, the most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created, captured and recorded it for the first time. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-09-17T14:15:58Z