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Babies can sense pain before they can understand it
Brain networks responsible for sensing, understanding, and responding emotionally to pain develop at different rates in infants, with the conscious understanding of pain not fully developed until after birth, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
19 Jun 2025
Academic named a BBC 2025 New Generation Thinker
Dr Beth Malory (UCL English) will join five other early career researchers chosen by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to shape programming on BBC Radio 4, bringing new ideas and the latest academic scholarship to audiences.
19 Jun 2025
More time with loved ones for cancer patients spared radiation treatment
Radioactive iodine treatment after thyroid cancer surgery usually means side effects like nausea and time in hospital isolated from loved ones. But new clinical trial results from researchers at UCL mean patients worldwide could now safely be spared this treatment.
19 Jun 2025
UCL public events
03 July 2025, 6:00 pm–7:45 pm
Disagreeing Well on Diplomacy
Join us on UCL’s Bloomsbury campus for this interactive panel event discussing the topic: Disagreeing Well on Diplomacy - Are diplomatic institutions effective at resolving global crises?
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