UCL in the media
Applejuicification: why the fruit is found in so many mixed juices
Dr Chris van Tulleken (UCL Infection & Immunity) explains why apples are a great, cheap ingredient to use from a producer’s perspective.
Don’t worry about wasps returning – they’re given a bad rap they don’t deserve
Research from UCL has shown that despite their poor public reputation, wasps bring multiple benefits to the environment. Professor Seirian Sumner (UCL Biosciences) said: “People hate wasps because they don’t understand their role in the environment”.
How can I safely whiten my teeth?
Professor Lambis Petridis (UCL Eastman Dental Institute) advises on good oral hygiene and safe teeth whitening options.
London’s transport system helped capital grow like a ‘tumour’
Dr Gabriele Manoli (UCL Civil, Env & Geomatic Engineering) said: “Roads and railways across the world exhibit striking similarities with other transport networks found in nature, from leaf venation to tree branching, mammalian circulatory systems, and cancer vascularisation”.
10 myths about autism – from MMR to the ‘spectrum’
Prof Dame Uta Frith (UCL Cognitive Neuroscience) explains how boys are more likely to be diagnosed with autism. She said: “Statistically, it used to be that we thought autism affected four males to every female, but we now estimate that it’s more likely to be three to one”.
Extreme rainfall set to break Los Angeles record
Professor Chris Brierley (UCL Geography) said: "When it rains, it rains more, just purely from a thermodynamic response of a warmer atmosphere and a higher saturation of vapor pressure".
Blood tests for diagnosing dementia to be offered in UK trial
Thousands of people in the UK are to take part in countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia, led by Professor Jonathan Schott (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) and Dementias Platform UK, based at the University of Oxford.
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California map shows where state will become underwater from sea level rise
Professor David Thornalley (UCL Geography) said that due to melting ice sheets greater sea level rises with far more severe effects were being predicted to occur in the coming hundreds to thousands of years.
I asked my mother’s neurologist what caused her stroke. ‘Depression,’ he said
Professor Gill Livingston (UCL Psychiatry) said: “Depression is related to reduced self-care and social contact, so these may lead to an increased risk of dementia from illnesses and isolation.”
'High levels of discontent' with current Ofsted system
There is a feeling amongst teachers and education professionals that Ofsted's single-word judgements are seen as "too blunt an instrument" to label an entire school, believes Professor Alice Bradbury (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society).