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The side of a mountain slid into an Alaskan fjord last August, producing a tsunami 481 metres high, the second highest ever recorded, according to a new study involving a UCL researcher.

Secondary school pupils with high prior attainment in maths make slower progress when placed in mixed-attainment maths classes, a new study from UCL and the Education Endowment Foundation finds.

Analysis of microbes in the gut can reveal whether a person faces an elevated risk of Parkinson’s disease, before they have developed any symptoms, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers.

Patients with a specific bowel cancer who were given short-course immunotherapy before surgery, instead of post-op chemotherapy, remained cancer-free after nearly three years of follow-up, according to new results from the NEOPRISM-CRC trial led by UCL and UCLH.

A new data transmission speed record of 450 terabits per second using an existing, commercially installed optical fibre link has been set by a team of engineers involving UCL researchers.

Scientists from UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital have created the first lab grown oesophagus - the food pipe - shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and restore normal function, including swallowing, in a growing animal without the need for immunosuppression.

Leading eye disease specialist Professor Andrew Dick has been appointed as the new Dean of UCL’s Faculty of Brain Sciences, effective from September 2026.

Professor Daisy Fancourt (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) has been named as the Royal Albert Hall’s first ever Associate Scientist and will lead on a programme of events linking the arts with science, building on her work showing how arts engagement impacts health.

Professor Erin Schuman, a world leading neurobiologist currently based in Germany, will join UCL as the new Director of the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology from 1 January 2027.