UCL in the media
Do scientists make the best science ministers?
Professor Graeme Reid (Office of the UCL Vice-Provost, Research) questions whether science ministers should be experts in science.
Read: Research Fortnight (£)The Race Equality Charter awards are not a quick win
Commenting on the Race Equality Charter awards, Fiona McClement (UCL Equalities & Diversity) says that her team wanted to get involved because the charter offered a "structured, cohesive, focused way" of building on the efforts that staff were already making.
Read: Research Fortnight (£)Record-breaking superfast broadband is 50,000 times faster than current speeds
A new record for the fastest ever data rate for digital information has been set by UCL researchers in the Optical Networks Group (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering).
Read: Daily Mail, More: Telegraph, Daily Express, Sydney Morning Herald, UCL NewsMood-enhancing drugs could also provide relief for chronic pain
A study led by Dr Maria Maiarù and Dr Sandrine Géranton (both UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) has found that class of drugs being studied to treat certain mood disorders may also be able to relieve chronic pain by acting on a gene involved in regulating the body's reaction to stress.
Read: Forbes, More: UCL NewsDrink-drive limit facing first cut in a generation
Research by Professor Richard Allsop (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) has estimated that 25 lives could have been saved across Britain last year if England and Wales had the same drink-driving limit as Scotland.
Read: Times (£)What is reality?
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) joins a panel to look at the nature of reality.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The Infinite Monkey Cage'Age limits and social media
Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) comments on the use of social media by children under the age of 13.
Listen: BBC Radio London 'Paul Ross' (from 2 hours 51 secs)E-cigarettes: can they help people quit?
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) criticises a study which claimed to show that e-cigarettes harm your chances of quitting smoking.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'More or Less' (from 4 mins 2 secs)Museum of Curiosity: Lucas, Scott, Hartston
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) puts forward her entry for the Museum of Curiosity.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Museum of Curiosity'Sanders wins New Hampshire: why the time is again ripe for American socialism
In an opinion piece, research student Michael Espinoza (UCL Institute of the Americas) asks why socialism suddenly seems alive and well in America.
Read: The Conversation