UCL in the media
Citizen science is stimulating a wealth of innovative projects
Professor Steven Bishop (UCL Mathematics) explains how citizen science can change the way we perform research and uses Dr Jerome Lewis's (UCL Anthropology) work with the ethnic Baka groups in Cameroon as an example.
Read: Scientific AmericanKilled by drink: patients who cannot quit
Professor Rajiv Jalan (UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health) explains why teenagers may be more susceptible to liver disease than adults.
Read: Times (£)Legal justification for air strikes on Syria not even 'wafer-thin'
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) explains why David Cameron would struggle to justify UK support for US-led air strikes on Islamist extremists in Syria.
Read: Independent, More: Independent (2)Why the story of materials is really the story of civilisation
Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) argues that materials are the fundamental building blocks of culture.
Read: ObserverWorld will think us mad to rip up Union
Dr Michael Collins (UCL History) discusses Britain's Union and explains that although it may need new life and purpose, it does not deserve a death.
Read: HeraldThe long shadows of war
Professor Lisa Jardine (UCL Centre for Editing Lives & Letters) says while documenting and commemorating the First World War we should not lose sight of its horror.
Read: BBC News, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'A Point of View: The Horror of War'Heart defects increase risk of death
Research led by Dr Rachel Knowles (UCL Institute of Child Health) has found that heart defects can leave children vulnerable for years after surgery, with over 20 per cent of childhood deaths from severe heart defects taking place after the child's first birthday.
Listen: BBC Radio Wales 'Good Morning Wales' (from 37 mins 19 secs)Fat shaming 'makes people eat more rather than less'
A study led by Dr Sarah Jackson and Professor Jane Wardle (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) has found that shaming overweight people about their size does not encourage them to lose weight.
Read: Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, Guardian, Times (£), i, Metro, Mirror, BBC News, ITV News, Press & Journal, Herald, The Courier, Shropshire Star, Washington Post, UCL NewsMost apps are 'failing on privacy', claims report
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) explains why the use of third-party advertising platforms within apps can often be the cause of privacy leaks.
Read: BBC NewsMegaprojects revolution
Professor Andrew Davies (UCL Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management) explains how Heathrow T5 and Crossrail have helped transform the way we design and deliver infrastructure megaprojects in the UK.
Read: Times