A UCL mission to the top of Mount Everest has helped experts understand how to improve care of patients in intensive care. Read: Camden New Journal

Professor David Price (UCL Vice-Provost, Research) comments on the recommendations that authors pay fees to make their articles open access, helping to increase access to publicly funded UK research. Read: Times Higher Education

Dr Taku Fujiyama and Professor Nick Tyler (UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) have found that there isn’t any significant difference between the walking speeds of normal and overweight people. Read: Guardian

A study involving Professor Elizabeth Fisher (UCL Neurodegenerative Diseases) has found that “molecular motors”, proteins that transport molecules within the cell, play a key role in sensing and maintaining cell size. Read: FT (£)

A close-up shot taken by Robert Ludlow (UCL Institute of Neurology) of an epileptic’s brain during surgery has won the 2012 Wellcome Image Awards. Read: Wired UK More: Londonist THE UCL events blog

Christian Nold (UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) talks about how residents living under the Heathrow flightpath are taking part in a trial to record the level of aircraft noise using smartphone technology. Read: BBC News

Estimates of climate-change impacts will get less, rather than more, certain. But this should not excuse inaction, says Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography). Read: Nature (£) More: Times (£)

Prof. Martin Birchall (UCL Ear Institute) says procedure may get cheaper as medical companies produce protein scaffolds more efficiently. Read: Guardian More: BBC Telegraph Independent Scotsman Reuters

Four in five pensioners cannot cross the road quickly enough to use a pedestrian crossing safely, according to research led by Dr Laura Asher (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). Read: BBC More: Telegraph Mail Express BBC R5 Live UCL News

The very fabric of space is not as "knotted" as many theories predict it should be, according to a study led by Stephen Feeney (UCL Physics & Astronomy). Read: BBC News More: PA UCL news