Using a dataset of 1.5 million private hire cab routes through London, Ed Manley (UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) has identified key clusters of transport activity. Read: Guardian

Describing work published in the journal Neuropharmacology, Professor Matthew Walker (UCL Institute of Neurology) says: "This offers a whole new approach to the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsies in children and adults." Read: BBC News More: UCL News

Research by economists at UCL has revealed that those who reported higher levels of life satisfaction went on to receive larger paychecks than their gloomy counterparts. Read: Telegraph More: Daily Mail UCL News

Dr Chamkaur Ghag (UCL Physics & Astronomy) talks about the DarkSide-50 project, and the search for sub-atomic particles. Read: Observer

Professor David Price (UCL Vice-Provost, Research), says that the exclusion from the funding formula of PhD studentships - which did not necessarily correlate with direct labour costs - was "clearly contrary to any sensible policy in terms of helping researchers build their careers and publishing record". Read: THE

Dr Rita Guerreiro, Professor John Hardy (both UCL Institute of Neurology) and colleagues have identified a rare gene defect that triples the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Read: NY Times More: Daily Mail WSJ Times of India Huffington Post Reuters AFP UCL News

New analysis, by Dr Richard Taylor (UCL Geography) and colleagues, found that the more intense rainfall expected in many parts of the world as a result of climate change may help to recharge the aquifers that supply groundwater. Read: NY Times

A 2010 study of nine- to 12-year-olds in Hangzhou, led by Professor Therese Hesketh (UCL Institute for Child Health), found that one in three children questioned exhibited the ‘physical symptoms’ typical of stress. Read: Telegraph

Researchers at UCL have developed two ways of manipulating the behaviour of individual cells inside the brain in order to prevent seizures. Read: BBC News More: BBC London Breakfast (from 18m 54s)

Professor Kate Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) talks about two citizen science projects which can help save the UK’s ash trees, and also help classify bat calls by searching an audio database. Listen: Guardian Science Weekly