UCL in the media
On the Vogue brandwagon
Research by Dr David Wengrow (UCL Institute of Archaeology) in Current Anthropology is cited in a piece about the power of the brand.
Read: Financial Times (£)Forever young
Speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival, Professor Linda Partridge (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) discusses the potential for drugs to increase life expectancy and improve health in old age.
Read: Daily Telegraph, More coverage: Asian AgeJudges 'must lay down the law on jurors' internet usage'
Research led by Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Laws) shows that more than 25 per cent of jurors admit seeing reports online about their trials.
Read: The Times (£)Quantum dot laser grown on silicon substrate
A new generation of high speed, silicon-based information technology has been brought a step closer thanks to research published by Professor Alywn Seeds and Dr Huiyun Liu (both UCL Electronic and Electrical Engineering) in Nature Photonics.
Read: AzoNano.com, More coverage: OptoIQ.com, Nanowerk News, Newelectronics.co.uk, Science DailyHow to spend much more time with your BlackBerry
Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology) examines the dynamics at play in business meetings where decisions are taken as a group. Read: Sunday Times (Appointments)
Rise in obesity sees resurgence in heart attacks
The declining rate of heart attacks over the past 20 years is in danger of being reversed by a rise in obesity.
Read: UCL News, Read: The Independent, More coverage: El Mundo, BloombergRaphael Loewe
The Times carries an obituary of Professor Raphael Loewe who taught in UCL's Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies between 1961 and 1984.
Read: The Times (£)Stem cell bank
Professor Pete Coffey (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) discusses the latest developments in stem cell therapy and comments on the creation of a new 'bank' which will collect and store customers' stem cells.
Listen: BBC Radio 4's You and Yours (from 46mins 39s)Probing Plasma
Dr Lucie Green (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) explains the properties of plasma, using a set of stunning images of the sun, at this year's Cheltenham Science Festival.
Watch: BBC OnlineSurprise discovery allows scientists to block Alzheimer's
Scientists at the MRC Prion Unit at UCL have made the unexpected discovery that two antibodies, extensively studied in relation to CJD, may also have an effect on Alzheimer's Disease.
Read: The Independent More coverage: Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror