Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MAPS)

30 April 2013: 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. More...

22 April 2013: 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. More...

19 April 2013: New research hub promises cheaper energy, cleaner environment and economic development

Scientists will today launch a new centre for research into catalytic research – the study of materials which speed up chemical reactions.  New developments in this area have the potential to help production of clean fuels, develop new drugs and clean up pollution – and to maintain the UK’s strong position in this commercially important field. More...

19 April 2013: Sounds of UCL: competition winners and 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. More...

17 April 2013: Star factory in the early Universe challenges galaxy evolution theory

A team including Mat Page (UCL Space and Climate Physics) has discovered an extremely distant galaxy making stars more than 2000 times faster than our own Milky Way. Seen at a time when the Universe was less than a billion years old, its mere existence challenges our theories of galaxy evolution. The observations were carried out using the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory. More...

4 April 2013: Child heart surgeons access clearer picture of their success rate

3 April 2013: Building quantum states with individual silicon atoms

26 March 2013: Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops

14 March 2013: Faculty Postgraduate Prize winners announced

13 March 2013: UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide

7 March 2013: MAPS science photos on Flickr

1 March 2013: ESA selects instruments to be flown on its icy moons mission

27 February 2013: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock recognised at Suffrage Science event

13 February 2013: CryoSat-2 mission reveals major Arctic sea-ice loss

12 February 2013: Graphene research chosen as EU Future Emerging Technology flagship

28 January 2013: Secret of scent lies in molecular vibrations

18 December 2012: Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL

14 December 2012: Third Crick Symposium: Genetics to Molecules to Therapies

23 November 2012: UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available

15 November 2012: Dark matter detector installed and submerged in South Dakota

9 November 2012: Members of the public asked to help tend Feynman’s Flowers

8 November 2012: Dark Energy Camera Dedication at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

6 November 2012: UCL Research Frontiers Contest results

29 October 2012: Science and Technology Studies YouTube Channel

23 October 2012: UCL Behaviour Change Month – November 2012