“Despite hopeful signs for a future drug treatment of at least some autistic behaviours, it would be sad if too much pressure was now put on researchers to rush into applications," says Professor Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience). Read: BBC News

"We're already talking to China and India in terms of future exploration," says Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space & Climate Physics). Read: Guardian

Researchers from UCL have found that how a person perceives reality, remembers visual information and select objects all play a part in producing realistic images. Read: Daily Mail More: LiveScience

Elderly people's net economic contribution to Britain will almost equal the amount spent on the NHS within 20 years, according to a report from the UCL School of Pharmacy. Read: Telegraph More: Daily Mail UCL press release

"We can now say with good confidence that Cryosat's maps of ice thickness are correct to within 10-20cm," says Dr Seymour Laxon (UCL Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling). Read: BBC News More: Planet Earth

Getting the "pulse" of a city in real-time is a tricky job, but a team working at the UCL Centre for Applied Spatial Analysis has come up with a dashboard for visualising key information about the place you live. Read: Wired UK

George Mackerron (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) has developed a simulator that lets users fly around London in Google Earth by mimicking the motions of a pigeon. Read: New Scientist More: Independent

"This research is very experimental," says Professor Sir Alan Wilson (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis). "We are within sight of being able to model this kind of event, and optimal police response." Read: Wired UK

Data could be the solution to London's stretched transport networks and shrinking development budgets, according to Jonathan Reades (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis). Read: Wired UK

Researchers from UCL and the British Geological Survey have found that the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. Read: BBC More: Telegraph Reuters Daily Mail