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A new type of long-necked plant-eating dinosaur – the largest ever found in Southeast Asia – has been revealed in a study led by researchers at UCL, Mahasarakham University, Suranaree University of Technology and Sirindhorn Museum in Thailand.

Regularly taking part in arts activities such as reading, listening to music or visiting a gallery or museum may slow the pace of biological ageing, suggests a new study by UCL researchers.

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.

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.