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Artificial pheromone controls invasive ant dance
Publication date: 23 March 2012
A powdered pheromone developed in collaboration with researchers at UCL has been used in a new installation called Ant Ballet. Read: New Scientist More: Bartlett news
A chinking time bomb
Publication date: 23 March 2012
According to research by Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) men are twice as likely to perish as women; and, despite drinking less than middle-class professionals, people who live in grimey neighbourhoods are three times more likely to die than those who live in leafy suburbs. Read: Economist
How keeping children too clean can wreck their immune systems
Publication date: 23 March 2012
Prof. Graham Rook (UCL Department of Infection) urged parents not to deliberately let hygiene standards slip in a bid to make their children healthier, as skimping on cleanliness could let other dangerous bugs take hold. Read: Daily Mail
Higher birthweight 'linked to grandmother gene'
Publication date: 23 March 2012
Prof. Gudrun Moore (UCL Institute of Child Health) and colleagues have found that a gene variant could contribute up to 155g (5.5oz) to a child's birthweight. Read: BBC News Daily Mail Daily Mirror More info: UCL News
Mother tongue: The latest push to prevent the British becoming ever more monolingual
Publication date: 22 March 2012
Knowing a foreign language enables people to appreciate different cultures, says Professor Michael Worton (UCL Vice-Provost, International). Read: Economist
Athletes screened for heart problems
Publication date: 22 March 2012
At UCL students can get their hearts checked for free by the charity Cardiac Risk in the Youth (CRY). Watch: CNN
Climate science: At the storm front
Publication date: 22 March 2012
Dr Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) gets to grips with a climate scientist's account of a conflict that began with a graph. Read: Nature
Lady Justice Hallett: Judges are only human
Publication date: 22 March 2012
In a speech delivered last week at UCL, Lady Justice Hallett said that the “constant barrage” of personal attacks could one day prevent judges from making “brave but just” decisions. Read: Telegraph
Freed hostage Judith Tebbutt 'very courageous'
Publication date: 22 March 2012
It was likely ''a lot of people clubbed together'' to raise the ransom money, says Professor Iain Stevenson (UCL Information Studies). Watch: BBC News
Heart attacks could be predicted in advance
Publication date: 22 March 2012
There is much better evidence that large clotting agents known as platelets building up in the blood can cause the onset of heart attacks, says Professor John Martin (UCL Cardiovascular Medicine). Read: Telegraph More: Daily Mail
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