UCL in the media
Myth busting the Olympic 'cupping' craze
A number of Olympians have large red circles on their skin caused by 'cupping' which is supposed to help the circulation of blood. Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences) explains that it is a bogus treatment that has not been properly tested.
Watch: BBC News (from 2 mins 20 sec) More: BBC News, The Week, The Independent, BBC Radio 5 Live 'The Victoria Derbyshire programme', Daily MailRevealed: UCL names architects for new campus at Olympic Park
UCL has chosen Stanton Williams and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands to design the first two projects for its new UCL East campus at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London.
Read: Architect's Journal (£), More: Building Design (£), Newham Recorder, Dezeen, UCL NewsBalloons and how they changed the world
Professor Claudio Capelli (UCL Clinical Cardiovascular Engineering)discusses the medical use of tiny balloons in treating patients with congenital heart disease.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Forum' (from 15 mins 2 secs)The concept of cat face
Dr Paul Taylor (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) on key developments in the field of machine learning.
Read: London Review of Books15,000 bogus bomb detectors made before global scam exposed
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) dismisses fake bomb detectors as "pure snake oil".
Read: China Daily (£)A hairdresser's lawsuit could spell trouble for Brexit
Dr Jeff King (UCL Laws) comments on the Brexit legal challenge heading to the UK Supreme Court, saying: "This will be one of the most important constitutional law cases ever decided".
Read: BloombergBBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users
Dr Miguel Rio (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering) explains how use of the BBC iPlayer service could be detected by scanning WiFi signals.
Read: TelegraphElite universities cut place offer by two grades for pupils from poorer backgrounds as they try to meet diversity targets
Article about widening participation in universities notes that UCL aims to increase the number of pupils whose parents work in non-graduate jobs from 19% to 23% by 2020.
Read: Daily MailNo other prime minister will hand out resignation honours after Cameron debacle, says head of sleaze watchdog
Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) comments on David Cameron's use of the honours system, saying "David Cameron really lost any sense of self-control when it came to appointing peers".
Read: TelegraphFoods to fight disease
Dr Dave Spratt (UCL Eastman Dental Institute) says mushrooms seem to change the population of the bacteria in the mouth by reducing the bad bacteria although it is unclear how. It could be because the mushrooms are actively killing the bad bacteria or creating a positive environment for the good bacteria to thrive.
Read: Express