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Smoking during pregnancy 'raises birth defect risk'
Serious birth defects, including deformed limbs and facial disorders, have been associated with smoking during pregnancy according to a new study by Prof Allan Hackshaw (UCL Cancer Institute)
Read: UCL press release More: Guardian BBC News Online Daily MailTokyo airport faces world's greatest tsunami risk
Historic data, analysed by Matt Owen (UCL Geography) shows that Tokyo airport faces the greatest risk of a tsunami of any of the world's airports.
Read: New ScientistFrom invisibility cloaks to 'emotive' robots
Professor Alan Johnston (UCL Psychology) talks about facial recognition technology, and how it can be applied to robots, at his group's stand at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
Read: BBC News OnlineThree suitors and a palace
Prof Philip Horne (UCL English) explains why he thinks 'A Portrait of a Lady' is Henry James's finest novel. Read: New Statesman (no link available)
Polar Bear Origins Traced to a Single Bear
An international team of scientists, including Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment), has discovered that the female ancestor of all living polar bears was an Irish brown bear.
Read: Wired magazine More: Daily MailGetting a Handle on Cosmic Dust Caused by Supernovas
Dr Mikako Masuura and Prof Mike Barlow (UCL Physics & Astronomy) have detected massive amounts of cosmic dust emitted from a supernova.
Read: New York Times More: Scientfic American, ABC SciencePortugal's PM cancels Christmas
Dr Neill Lochery (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) discusses the potential ramifications of Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's public spending cuts.
Read: Wall Street Journal (£)A chance to meet real live scientists
This week's Royal Society Summer Science Live Exhibition features exhibits by UCL scientists.
Read: The Guardian More: Royal Society, New ScientistWho was Maria Edgeworth?
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language and Literature) discusses the life, work and legacy of eighteenth century author Maria Edgeworth.
Listen: BBC Radio 4's Woman's HourSurgeons carry out first synthetic windpipe transplant
Professor Alexander Seifalian (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) and his team designed and built the synthetic windpipe 'scaffold' used in an operation announced today.
Read: UCL press release More coverage: BBC News Online, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Daily Telegraph
