More than 50 per cent of European Union-funded health research projects do not result in any publications, according to a new study by Dr Mike Galsworthy (UCL SLMS Research Support Centre). Read: THE

Professor Steven Bishop (UCL Mathematics) talks about FuturICT, a project which aims to develop a computer model of the world’s population, economy and society. Read: Times (£)

People who claim to be ‘spiritual’ but not religious are often struggling to cope mentally, according to a study by Professor Michael King and colleagues. Read: Telegraph More: BBC R4 Today (from 1hr 23m) Scotsman Huffington Post CNN Guardian French Tribune

When a rare hen harrier was found dead on a Yorkshire moor, experts at the UCL Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science used scanning electron microscopy to find out more. Read: FT (£) More: Times (£)