UCL in the media
New lithium-air battery design shows promise
Dr Paul Shearing (UCL Chemical Engineering) says the new design is an important step towards taking lithium-air batteries out of the lab as it could potentially address life cycle problems that have plagued previous designs.
Read: BBC NewsOsborne: government spending review to focus on infrastructure
Professor Brian Collins (UCL Science, Technology, Engineering & Public Policy) says the new national commission for major projects needs to watch out for strong voices that still see infrastructure as a 'party political football'.
Read: GuardianUK population 'to top 70 million in 12 years'
Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL Economics) says that the overall trend is very similar to past figures and the challenge is to ensure immigrants pay more in taxes than they cost in public services.
Read: BBC NewsWarning over falling numbers of part-time students
Professor Claire Callender (UCL Institute of Education) says that part-time study transforms lives and drives our economy but is at risk due to the 2012/13 reforms of part-time student funding.
Read: BBC News, More: THEVariation in value of student bursaries 'exacerbates inequality'
Dr Gill Wyness (UCL Institute of Education) says that students from relatively wealthy backgrounds can receive more aid than those from poor families simply because of the university they attend.
Read: THEDeep source of Afghan-Pakistan quake will make death toll lower
Dr Ilan Kelman (UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction) says communications are down in the worst-affected areas so it will be some time before we know the full impact of the quake, but geologists are hopeful that many fewer will die than in the Nepal quakes earlier this year.
Read: New Scientist290-million-year-old creature could sprout new limbs
If an ancient amphibian lost a limb or a tail, it could grow another and a new study led by Dr Anoop Kumar and Professor Jeremy Brockes (both UCL Structural & Molecular Biology), has identified the two genes necessary for salamanders to re-grow backward digits.
Read: Yahoo NewsInstitutions: Revive universities of the Muslim world
Dr Athar Osama (UCL Institute of Education) says science education at Muslim universities is in 'dire-straits' and teaching methods urgently need reforming to become meritocratic and give students a broad education.
Read: NatureWhy a sugar tax would be a big fat failure
Dr Paul Ormerod (UCL Brain Sciences) says obesity is undoubtedly a serious problem but the idea that a simple tax on sugar will solve it is a pure fantasy.
Read: City AMFrom Agent Orange to GM crops: scientific responsibility in flux
Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) welcomes Unesco updating its 1974 statement on the status of scientific researchers and highlights the challenges faced by scientists today.
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