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Technician-led eye clinics could lead to more timely NHS care
Innovative virtual eye clinics in shopping centres could significantly reduce waiting times for routine eye appointments, UCL-led research suggests in a first-of-its-kind study.
16 Jul 2025
Comment: Superstorms, 45°C days and sleeping in the park: What summer will be like in 2050
Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences) warns in the iNewspaper that by 2050, heatwaves will become longer and more intense because of climate change, and extreme weather by today’s standards will be the ‘new normal.’
14 Jul 2025
Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain
An artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables a four-legged robot to adapt its gait to varied, unfamiliar terrain, just like a real animal, has been developed by researchers at UCL and the University of Leeds.
11 Jul 2025
