UCL in the media
What's your superpowder?
Dr George Grimble (UCL Liver & Digestive Health) comments on potential benefits and limitations of powdered vegetable supplements, which he describes as a "pretty evidence-free zone".
Read: Evening StandardOutcry over Isis destruction of ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud
Dr Mark Altaweel (UCL Archaeology) comments on the destruction of the ancient Assyrian archaeological site of Nimrud in Iraq by ISIS.
Read: GuardianHow a man's alcohol habits change
A study led by Dr Annie Britton (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) has found that frequent drinking becomes more common in middle to old age, especially amongst men.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Telegraph, Daily Mail (2), UCL NewsLearning from King Lear: the saving grace of low status
A study led by Dr Ana Guinote (UCL Experimental Psychology) has found that people are less likely to help others when they feel they are powerful and are more altruistic when they feel they are of low status.
Read: Wall Street JournalCharlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
Professor John Martin (UCL Metabolism & Experimental Therapeutics) takes a satirical look at what medicine is.
Watch: BBC Two 'Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe' (from 25 mins 25 secs)Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
Professor Iain Borden (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) takes a satirical look at what is meant by architecture.
Watch: BBC Two 'Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe' (from 26 mins 12 secs)Looking on bright side helps recovery from heart attacks
A study led by Professor Andrew Steptoe (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health), in collaboration with the British Heart Foundation, has found that optimists are twice as likely as pessimists to recover well from heart attacks.
Read: Times (£), More: Daily Express, Daily Mail, IndependentScientists create self-cleaning paint
A team of UCL led researchers, including Yao Lu, Professor Claire Carmalt and Professor Ivan Parkin (all UCL Chemistry), have developed a new paint that makes robust self-cleaning surfaces.
Read: Telegraph, More: Independent, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Washington Post, Reuters, Times of India, The Engineer, UCL News, Listen: BBC World Service 'Science in Action' (from 7 mins 22 secs), More: BBC 5 live '5 live Science' (from 22 mins 5 secs), BBC World Service 'The Science Hour' (from 14 mins 18 secs)Gene therapy
Professor Samuel Janes (UCL Internal Medicine) discusses a UCL trial into gene therapy and metastatic lung cancer.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 2 hours 45 mins)Same Anger, Different Ideologies: Radical Muslim and Neo-Nazi
Amy Thornton (UCL Security & Crime Science) explains the role former extremists can play in the argument against radical temptations.
Read: New York Times