UCL in the media
How misbehaviour can be a sign of language disorder
Professor Courtenay Norbury (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) explains her research on diagnosis and support for children with developmental language disorder in an article and podcast.
Read: TES (£)The Life and Works of William Blake
Dr Linda Freedman (UCL English Language & Literature) joins a panel of experts to discuss the life, work and legacy of eighteenth-century English poet William Blake.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Forum'.ProtoDUNE neutrino detector
Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) discusses what an anti-neutrino might be and how to plan big physics experiments.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' (from 11 mins 50 secs)Who wants to live to a hundred?
Professor Paul Higgs (UCL Psychiatry) and Dr Chris Gilleard (UCL Psychiatry) explore the darker side of aging, changing patterns of disease and social challenges.
Read: The Conversation. More: Independent, CNNUrban forests can store almost as much carbon as tropical rainforests
New research by Dr Mat Disney & Dr Phil Wilkes (UCL Geography) shows that urban forests can store as much carbon as tropical rainforests. The team used cutting-edge laser scanning techniques to assess 85,000 trees in the London Borough of Camden.
Read: Metro, More: The Conversation, BBC 1 London (from 16 min 34 secs), Huffington Post, Ham&High.How To Hunt Like A Neanderthal
Dr Annemieke Milks (UCL Archaeology) comments on new research, led by Johannes Gutenberg-University in Germany, which finds that Neanderthals were 'sophisticated hunters' who used wooden spears to stab their prey at close range.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Discover Magazine, The Conversation, New Historian, USA Today.Here's a better way to think about identity politics
Dr Timothy Oliver explores the meaning behind the phrase 'identity politics' and why it is important to understand identity politics.
Read: The Conversation, More: IndependentiReadMore app improves reading ability of stroke patients
Stroke patients have achieved "significant" improvements in reading skills by using a smartphone app designed by UCL's Aphasia Lab. Dr Zoe Woodhead, (UCL Institute of Neurology) said: "This reading therapy significantly improves people's ability to relearn and remember words."
Read: Evening StandardBetter phone battery can hold twice as much power
Professor Dan Brett (UCL Chemical Engineering) comments on the chance discovery of a new carbon called OSPC-1Material, which could potentially double the life of lithium batteries used in smart phones.
Read: Daily Mail; The Times; The Sun, GuardianCall to allow use of medicinal cannabis
A letter signed by Professor Val Curran (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) states: 'As medical and academic scientists, we strongly urge the government to remove cannabis and all related cannabinoids from Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations Medicines Act and put them into Schedule 2. This would allow medical doctors to prescribe cannabis and/or cannabinoid products to patients who they think will benefit from this treatment based on the available scientific evidence.'
Read: The Times