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'Snot fair!
A recent experiment by Dr Nichola Raihani (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) attempts to disentangle the psychological underpinnings of a sense of injustice. Read:
The EconomistChannel 4 'Drugs live'
The scientific study has been partly designed by Professor Val Curran (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology).
Read: Mirror More: UCL statementLife expectancy by tube station: new interactive map shows inequality in the capital
A new interactive map by Dr James Cheshire and Oliver O'Brien (UCL CASA) plots life expectancy and child poverty by different London Underground stations.
Read: Telegraph More: Guardian BBC London Daily Mail FT (£)All-in-one 'polypills' could save thousands of lives
"The polypill concept is a major public health advance," says Professor David Taylor (UCL School of Pharmacy). "The polypill should be made generally available as a matter of urgency."
Read: Times (£) More: ScotsmanNanobots could turn 'Great Pacific Plastic Patch' into a floating island
UCL students hope to develop genetically-engineered bacteria that could be used to turn the Great Pacific Plastic Patch into a floating island for people to live and holiday on. The idea is part of their application to the annual iGEM competition.
Read: Wired UKOpen access plan is no academic spring
"The government argues that 'gold' open access will give us a competitive economic advantage. It will not," says Professor Stephen Caddick (UCL Vice-provost, Enterprise).
Read: GuardianClass of 2012: Emma Flynn Bartlett, UCL
"With the future of Long Island suburbia looking increasingly uncertain, this project explores how waste and its technologies can revitalise an area, increase energy efficiency and off-grid communities, whilst retaining the utopian image of suburbia to which many still aspire," says Emma Flynn (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture).
Read: BD DesignGold rush will harm research without tackling article fees
An offer of block grants to help universities meet the cost of open-access publishing will eat into research funding and fail to drive down the article fees charged by top journals, warns Professor David Price (UCL Vice-Provost, Research).
Read: Times Higher EducationStatus: late, crowded, hot as hell
A crowd-sourcing app developed by academics at UCL could help to improve travel on London Underground. The app, called Tube Star, aims to capture the experience of being on the Underground network as reported by passengers.
Read: THELondon 2012: artwork by Olympians
A unique collection of artworks by Olympians has made the trip from its Florida home to UCL for London 2012.
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