UCL in the media
Following orders 'distances us' from our own actions
A study led by Professor Patrick Haggard (UCL Cognitive Neuroscience) finds that coercive instructions make people feel less responsible for the outcomes of their actions.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, New Scientist, Nature, Discovery Channel, New York Times, UCL News, Listen: BBC 5 live '5 live Science' (from 11 mins)The end of chronic pain?
Professor John Wood (UCL Medicine) talks about a technique that has successfully stopped mice from feeling pain.
Listen: GuardianHow will HSBC's new voice biometrics work?
Professor Angela Sasse (UCL Computer Science) explains how voice biometrics work by comparing the complex signature prints generated when we speak.
Listen: BBC Radio 2 'Jeremy Vine' (from 36 mins), More: BBC Radio Somerset 'Ben McGrail' (from 1 hour 48 mins), BBC Radio Stoke 'Perry Spiller' (from 1 hour 47 mins), BBC Radio Leicester 'Jonathan Lampon' (from 1 hour 51 mins), BBC Radio Leeds 'Martin Kelner' (from 41 mins 38 secs)Internet soap East Los High 'can improve teen sex health' in London
Dr Cath Mercer (UCL Infection & Population Health) comments that a new internet soap opera could be a 'way of sneaking in the science and health messages without lecturing'.
Read: Evening StandardBreast milk could be the weapon we need to wipe out killer superbugs
Dr Adam Roberts (UCL Eastman Dental Institute) comments on the development of potential new antibiotics.
Read: MirrorWhy do our cell's power plants have their own DNA?
Mitochondria were once independent single-celled organisms until they were swallowed by larger cells finds a new study. Having their own command centre helps regulate energy production explains Professor John Allen (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment).
Read: ScienceFor a cash-strapped NHS, extending the meningitis B vaccine isn't cost-effective
Dr Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health) explains that the petition for calling for wider vaccine coverage for children is understandable, but the money might be better spent on the many other causes of death in the young.
Read: Guardian, More: Guardian (2)Brain activity and trauma
Research by Professor Eamon McCrory (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) has found that Children exposed to trauma show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'PM' (from 50 mins 43 secs), Watch: BBC NewsWorkload survival guide for academics
Dr Jennifer Rohn (UCL Nephrology) gives her advice on how to cope with the high academic workload and when to say no to opportunities.
Read: THE (£)Smoking cannabis does not raise risk of mental health
Claire Mokrysz (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments on the results of a study which suggest that cannabis does not raise the risk of mental health problems.
Read: The Sun