UCL in the media
Visual clues 'amplify sound'
Dr Jennifer Bizley (UCL Ear Institute) has led research showing the brain appears to use visual cues to decide which noises are important and which aren't.
Read: Times (£), More: UCL NewsWhy does dark matter, matter?
Dr Chamkaur Ghag (UCL Physics & Astronomy) explains his work in the UK's deepest underground laboratory where scientists are searching for dark matter.
Listen: BBC World Service 'CrowdScience' (from 13 mins 13 secs)Give school leavers £10,000 to spend on education - study
Research from the UCL Institute of Education suggests every young person in England as well as adults who did not go to university should be given state funding to use towards university tuition fees.
Read: Daily Mail, More: TES, MetroThanks to Cheddar Man, I feel more comfortable as a brown Briton
Dr Arathi Prasad (UCL Office of the Vice-Provost, Research) talks about the personal resonance of the Cheddar Man discovery as a brown Briton.
Read: GuardianBritain at Low Tide
Gustav Milne (UCL Institute of Archaeology) as well as UCL alumni Oliver Hutchinson, Dr Tori Herridge and Charlotte Mecklenburgh present a Channel 4 documentary series on coastal and intertidal archaeology.
Watch: Channel 4The golden age of ocean liners
Professor Bernhard Rieger (UCL History) comments on developments in the construction of ocean liners in the late 1800s.
Read: FT (£)Laser beam fired into brain could treat disease
Professor Matteo Carandini and Dr Armin Lak (both UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) comment on new medical technology that uses lasers to stimulate specific parts of the brain with luminescent particles.
Read: Times (£)Economic collapse: The real message of the fall of Troy
Dr Carol Bell (UCL Institute of Archaeology) comments on the necessity of collecting enough tin to produce 'weapons-grade bronze' in the Bronze Age.
Read: BBC NewsRecycling plastic
Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) discusses how to practically recycle plastic bags.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'PM' (from 55 mins 46 secs)The impact of ability grouping in education
Professor Becky Francis (UCL Institute of Education) discusses setting in schools and whether it benefits children.
Read: TES