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Press Releases
Behaviour of seabirds during migration revealed
Publication date: 1 May 2013
The behaviour of seabirds during migration – including patterns of foraging, rest and flight – has been revealed in new detail using novel computational analyses and tracking technologies.
UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants awarded to 22 new projects
Publication date: 26 April 2013
22 new research projects have been awarded funding of up to £5,000 through the 2013 UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme. The scheme funds cross-disciplinary collaborations between staff in different UCL departments under the broad headings of Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing.
‘Clean’ your memory to pick a winner
Publication date: 24 April 2013
Predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer programme could be possible with proper training, according to researchers.
Learning disabilities affect up to 10 per cent of children
Publication date: 19 April 2013
Up to 10 per cent of the population are affected by specific learning disabilities (SLDs), such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and autism, translating to 2 or 3 pupils in every classroom according to a new study.
Star factory in the early Universe challenges galaxy evolution theory
Publication date: 18 April 2013
A team including Dr 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.
European Commission must innovate to get value from €70 billion science funding programme
Publication date: 18 April 2013
The European Commission needs to make some key innovations in its science funding programme if Europe is to enjoy the full benefits of the €70 billion to be spent on science research as part of the Horizon 2020 programme kicking off in 2014, according to an academic paper published by SAGE in the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy today.
From Austen to French cinema: UCL celebrates the arts
Publication date: 15 April 2013
Join UCL in a ten-day celebration of the arts that will give the public a chance to experience, explore and engage with the latest research.
Child heart surgeons access clearer picture of their success rate
Publication date: 4 April 2013
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.
Ancient pool of warm water questions current climate models
Publication date: 4 April 2013
A huge pool of warm water that stretched out from Indonesia over to Africa and South America four million years ago suggests climate models might be too conservative in forecasting tropical changes.
Building quantum states with individual silicon atoms
Publication date: 3 April 2013
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.

