UCL in the media
The Tudors: Italian versions of English royals, done almost perfectly by the Welsh National Opera
After seeing Schiller's play Maria Stuart, Donizetti created a new Tudor opera in which a central feature would be the meeting between Anne's daughter Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots. Such a meeting never took place but it makes for riveting drama, says Professor Mark Ronan (UCL Mathematics).
Read: New StatesmanSwiss scientists say Arafat was poisoned with polonium
Professor Derek Hill (UCL Medical Physics & Bioengineering) said if there was enough polonium left in the Arafat samples, it might be possible to trace where the element came from, providing more clues about whether Arafat was poisoned.
Read: Fox News AP ABC Seattle Times New Zealand HeraldFunding cuts fear as cycling mileage is forecast to drop
Professor Phil Goodwin (UCL Transport Studies) has questioned whether the Government's model for future cycle use was fit for purpose. "It is not just that they got the numbers wrong, they got the direction of change wrong, which seems to me to be a much bigger problem. If it says it is going down when it is going up, there is something seriously wrong with the model," he said.
Read: The Times (£)Is there an 'angst canon' of books that teenagers read?
Professors Lisa Jardine (UCL Centre for Editing Lives & Letters) and John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature) comment on the books, such as The Outsider by Albert Camus, which generations of disaffected teenagers have turned to as a rite of passage.
Read: BBC NewsVolcanic obsidian lava flows for a year
Professor Peter Sammonds (UCL Earth Sciences) said the imaging techniques the team had developed would be "powerful" for the future study of volcanoes.
Read: BBC NewsVolunteers sought for 'open access' genome project
Professor Stephan Beck (UCL Research Department of Cancer Biology), one of the UK project leaders from, said: "Donating your genome and health data to science is a great way to enable advances in the understanding of human genetics, biology and health."
Read: Telegraph More: BBC News BBC R4 Inside ScienceThink digital distractions have killed our attention spans? Think again
"It seems to me that TV drama has risen to its supreme position because of its unique ability to overcome or buck the trend in the short-attention-span society. It's strange how some series can demand so much of viewers and yet this doesn't put people off in the way that a 'difficult' novel would," says George Potts (UCL English Language & Literature).
Read: GuardianThe world's insatiable hunger for phosphorus
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) talks about why phosphorus is so vital to sustaining life, and modern agriculture.
Read: BBC News More: BBC World Service Business DailyFootball and rugby players' head injuries raise brain damage risk
Blows to head while playing football and rugby raise risk of brain injuries common among NFL players and boxers, according to Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology).
Read: TelegraphAdelaide University scientist Tom Wigley joins peers calling for greenies to embrace nuclear power
Professor Stefaan Simons (UCL Australia) told a major US conference that Australia "can't afford" to rely solely on conventional submarines.
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