UCL in the media
An EU exit would toss higher education into the unknown
In an op-ed piece, Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy) says many university staff are gloomy not so much about the implications for student mobility, but the crucial issue of political cooperation.
Read: GuardianDoes your brain have a filing cabinet?
A study by Dr Freyja Ólafsdóttir and Dr Caswell Barry (both UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) has found that memories formed in one part of the brain are replayed and transferred to a different area of the brain during rest.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Huffington Post, UCL NewsBreakthrough Starshot and QB50
Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) comments on the Breakthrough Starshot project, sorting the feasible from the fantasy and Professor Lucie Green and Dhiren Kataria (both UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) explain how CubeSats will be used to explore the thermosphere.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' (from 2 mins 9 secs & 16 mins 20 secs)Big data has not revolutionised medicine - we need big theory alongside it
In an op-ed piece, Professor Peter Coveney (UCL Chemistry) says that big data is all well and good, but if we want medical breakthroughs, we'll need big theory too.
Read: The Conversation'Illegal' Syrian antiquity found on sale for £30,000 in London
As part of an undercover investigation for Channel 4's Dispatches, Dr Alessio Palmisano (UCL Institute of Archaeology) found an ancient stone ornament illegally removed from Syria on sale for tens of thousands of pounds in an upmarket antiques shop in Mayfair.
Read: Sunday Times (£), Watch: Channel 4 'Dispatches' (from 3 mins 30 secs)Couples are healthier, wealthier… and less trim
Dr George Ploubidis (UCL Institute of Education) explains the physical health benefits of being in a stable, long-term relationship.
Read: GuardianEvery great novel began with this genius
Amid the hullabaloo over the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, spare a thought for his overlooked contemporary, Cervantes, says Professor John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature).
Read: Times (£)What forced cricketer James Taylor to retire at age 26?
Professor Perry Elliott (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) explains what arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is.
Read: GuardianWe owe it to Ms Brontë to see her heroine for the plain Jane she was
Professor John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature) says that in Charlotte Brontë's bicentennial year, Jane Eyre is still relevant to us today - but we must read it honestly.
Read: Evening StandardGene editing could provide way to 'get around cancer's defences'
A study co-led by Dr Sergio Quezada (UCL Cancer Institute) suggests that gene editing could in future help the body's immune system overcome cancer.
Read: Herald Scotland, More: Huffington Post