Latest Engineering Sciences News

£7 million Infrastructure Business Model Centres to engineer future UK

George Wigmore — 2013-05-29T10:55:22Z

Two new centres that will help shape the way the UK’s future infrastructure is planned and implemented were officially launched this week today during an event at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) in London.

Brain training and stimulation improves mental arithmetic ability

Clare S Ryan — 2013-05-17T09:35:47Z

With just a few days of non-harmful brain stimulation and brain training, scientists have improved people’s ability to manipulate numbers for up to six months.

Mobile health technologies to rapidly test and track infectious diseases

Clare S Ryan — 2013-05-09T09:37:20Z

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.

UCL awarded record number of ESRC studentships

Liz Almond — 2013-05-09T09:37:20Z

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).

Google search patterns reveal early signs of stock market movements

Clare S Ryan — 2013-04-25T16:02:12Z

Patterns in Google searches for financial terms could have been used as early warning signs of stock market movements, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports.

Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas

Lara J Carim — 2013-04-12T15:34:09Z

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.

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

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2013-03-26T16:27:19Z

UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership.

UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2013-03-13T12:15:54Z

UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers.

Most extraordinary materials on earth housed in new Institute of Making

Clare S Ryan — 2013-03-12T12:37:17Z

This week the Institute of Making opens at UCL giving a permanent home to the Materials Library, a collection of the most unusual materials in the world, and the MakeSpace, the ultimate making workshop.

EPSRC announces new UCL Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering

Clare S Ryan — 2013-03-12T10:59:37Z

Innovative engineering projects announced today, including a new Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering at UCL, will bring leading engineers and scientists together to address some of the major engineering challenges facing the world.

Engineering the future of healthcare

Rosie Waldron — 2013-03-11T14:49:40Z

Three creative engineering projects led by researchers at UCL have been awarded £2.8 million by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC).

UCL scientists to be recognised at Suffrage Science event

Clare S Ryan — 2013-02-28T10:30:02Z

Two UCL scientists are participating in the annual Medical Research Council event, Suffrage Science, along with 10 other leading female researchers.

City layout key to predicting riots

George Wigmore — 2013-02-21T11:36:43Z

In the future police will be able to predict the spread of riots, and how they impact on cities, thanks to a new computer model.

£12.9m for UK Catalysis Research Centre

Liz Almond — 2013-02-01T11:46:43Z

In an exciting joint venture, scientists from UCL will play a leading role in the development of a UK catalysis research hub. The initiative is a partnership between UCL and the University of Cardiff, the University of Bath and Queen’s University Belfast.

UCL plans new department at the interface between STEM and policy

Clare S Ryan — 2013-01-22T11:19:16Z

UCL is opening a new department focused on the interface between science, technology, engineering, maths (STEM) and policy, as well as an associated interdisciplinary research institute, in September 2013.

UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering win Department of the Year Award

Clare S Ryan — 2012-12-19T16:44:27Z

England’s oldest Electrical Engineering Department, founded at UCL in 1885 by the ‘father of electronics’ Professor Sir Ambrose Fleming, has won the ‘Engineers of the Future – University Department of the Year’ award.

Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2012-12-18T12:42:31Z

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.

UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing open day

Clare S Ryan — 2012-12-14T15:40:05Z

On December 17th 2012, the UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing will be holding their fourth open day to disseminate its research to colleagues, collaborators and funders.

UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2012-12-06T14:58:01Z

The UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme invites applications to fund cross-disciplinary projects in Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing.

UCL News podcast: Bletchley Park, Flaxman Galleries and Captain America

Clare S Ryan — 2012-11-23T12:38:57Z

The UCL News podcast gives 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.

Rapid, early warning HIV test in development thanks to £1 million funding

Clare S Ryan — 2012-11-22T12:16:01Z

A new hand-held device that can diagnose patients at the early stages of HIV and give results within minutes is in development following a £1 million investment in the technology.

BBC & UCL announce new strategic partnership

Clare S Ryan — 2012-11-21T10:15:19Z

BBC Research & Development today announced a new strategic partnership with UCL, to drive innovation, and collaborate on a wide programme of R&D activity. Building on the BBC’s history of partnerships, this venture will bring together some of the brightest minds in the UK to discuss and tackle the challenges for digital media and the creative industry at large.

Members of the public asked to help tend Feynman’s Flowers

Clare S Ryan — 2012-11-09T10:35:10Z

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.

UCL Research Frontiers Contest results

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2012-11-06T13:10:34Z

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.

Virtual reality ‘beaming’ technology transforms human-animal interaction

Clare S Ryan — 2012-11-01T11:23:51Z

Using cutting-edge virtual reality technology, researchers have ‘beamed’ a person into a rat facility allowing the rat and human to interact with each other on the same scale.