UCL in the media
Epigenetics: genes, environment and the generation game
Professor Marcus Pembrey (UCL Institute of Child Health) explains what is meant by the term epigenetics.
Read: GuardianArgentine dinosaur may shed light on huge beasts
Dr Paul Upchurch (UCL Earth Sciences) explains how the newly found massive Dreadnoughtus (fearing nothing) dinosaur in Argentina is valuable to scientists due to the combination of its huge size and completeness of its skeleton.
Read: Daily Mail, More: International Business Times, Globe and Mail, Seattle TimesDementia doctor's £900,000 boost
UCL Brain Sciences' Dr Selina Wray is named 'pioneer of the year' at the Women of the Year Awards and will use the winnings to fund a stem cell study finding ways of slowing or stopping conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
Read: The Star, More: ExpressNew push for better handling of football head injuries
Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) highlights the problem of our limited understanding of the risks and long-term effects of head contact in football.
Read: New ScientistAmmonia as an alternative fuel source to petrol
Ammonia has long been used for agriculture and explosives, says Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry), but now it could also be used as an alternative fuel source to petrol with combustion methods first described in the 19th century.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' (from 21 min 45 sec)E-cigarettes 'pose no health risk'
Experts in tobacco addiction, Professor Robert West and Dr Jamie Brown (both UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) predict that thousands of lives could be saved every year if smokers in the UK switched to e-cigarettes.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today', Read: BBC News, More: Times (£), Daily Mail, Financial Times, Reuters, Sky News, Telegraph, International Business Times, Herald Scotland, UCL News, Listen: BBC Radio Devon 'Breakfast' (from 1 hour 11 mins), More: BBC Radio 2 'Breakfast' (from 2 hours 33 mins)Biofuels: E Coli modified to make engine-ready propane
A team of researchers including Dr Kalim Akhtar (UCL Biochemical Engineering) have engineered the harmless gut bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) to generate renewable propane.
Read: Forbes, Nature, More: UCL NewsMilky Way on edge of 'supercluster'
The cosmic "supercluster" in which the Milky Way resides has been mapped for the first time, Dr Andrew Pontzen (UCL Physics & Astronomy) describes the findings as "impressive and important".
Read: Times (£)When we travel, our values travel with us
Dame Nicola Brewer (UCL Vice-Provost, International) addresses the recent coverage of UCL's presence in Qatar.
Read: THE (£)Mental illness and sexual abuse: the shocking link
A study led by Dr Hind Khalifeh (UCL Psychiatry) and in collaboration with King's College London has found that women with severe mental illness are up to five times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual assault.
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