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Wakefield's colleagues in spotlight for MMR scare
UCL has responded to calls in a recent BMJ editorial for a review of UCL's involvement in the MMR vaccine scandal.
Read: The Times (£) Daily Telegraph Independent Nature More: UCL StatementLearning from the Germans about reducing domestic carbon emissions
Professor Paul Ekins (UCL Energy Institute) explains how a German public bank has encouraged the reduction of domestic carbon emissions, and what the UK can learn from them.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 You & Yours (from 33mins) More: UCL press releaseGloves Are No Guarantee Your Doctor's Hands Are Clean
Dr Sheldon Stone (UCL Division of Medicine) has found that wearing latex gloves makes health workers less likely to wash their hands.
Read: New York TimesPredictive text - the next level
Professor Bas Aarts (UCL English Language & Literature) suggests that the next generation of predictive text software may narrow users' linguistic skills.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 Click On (from 13mins)Technology just makes us all busier
Professor Jo Wolff (UCL Philosophy) concludes that the advent of time saving technology in higher education has not given him any more time to spend thinking.
Read: GuardianMyths about our minds
Professor Sophie Scott and Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) examine some myths about the brain, including the common misconception that we only use 10% of our brain's capacity.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 Mind Myths Read: BBC News OnlineBrain analysis can help predict psychosis: study
Academics from UCL Computer Sciences have contributed to a study that sugggests analysis of brain scans could help predict how serious or long term a psychotic patient's illness may be. Read: Reuters
Classic kit: Weissenberg's Camera
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains the link between early 20th Century scientist Karl Weissneberg and baking bread.
Read: Chemistry WorldRetiring at 68 comes with health warning for us all
Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) warns that most Britons will fail to reach the planned state retirement age of 68 free from disability unless action is taken to tackle health inequalities.
Read: FTUS warns of attacks on luxury Nigerian hotels
The whereabouts of the leadership of a militant Islamist group called Boko Haram, responsible for recent attacks in Nigeria, is still unknown according to Professor Murray Last (UCL Anthropology).
Read: Daily Telegraph
