UCL in the media
In pictures: Magic materials
Dr Zoe Laughlin (UCL Museums and Public Engagement) talks about the Institute of Making, and the Materials Library.
Read: Wired UKThe US Election
Dr Adam Smith (UCL History) talks about the US Election, and examines how close the outcome will be.
Listen: BBC R4 Today (from 1hr 50m) More: BBC R5 Live (from 2hr 5m)Why you should never trust 'the facts'
Professor Kate Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) talks about two citizen science projects which can help save the UK's ash trees, and also help classify bat calls by searching an audio database.
Listen: Guardian Science WeeklyThe What If Machine: Assassins
Drs Adam Smith, Benet Salway and Antonio Sennis (UCL History) talk about how archetypal assassins in video games compare with those from antiquity.
Watch: GameSpot'Scots are being asked to buy a pig in a poke'
"The Scots are being asked to buy a pig in a poke. The easiest analogy would be someone deciding to buy a house they liked the look of, but without knowing the exact price," says Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit). Read: Scotsman (no link)
More: IndependentForget the guilt, just spend your cash on childcare, says top scientist
"Spend every penny you've got on getting proper childcare, because... [it] is something that holds these high-flying women back", says Professor Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience).
Read: IndependentTerracotta Army makers beat Toyota by 2,200 years
Craftsmen who armed the Terracotta Army 2,200 years ago may have developed a pioneering production system similar to the one used by the car maker Toyota, according to research by Dr Marcos Martinón-Torres (UCL Institute of Archaeology) and colleagues.
Read: Independent More: Irish Times UCL News THE Washington PostAcademics make pub pitches for charity
Researchers at UCL got a chance to raise money for a wide range of charitable projects this week - by pitching their ideas in a pub and getting the audience to vote for them.
Read: THEMore Than £1 Billion Goes to U.K. Research
Funding from the U.K. Research Partnership Investment Fund will enable UCL to create a centre to study rare diseases in children.
Read: International Herald TribuneThe Invention of Spain
Professor Ben Kaplan (UCL History) comments on the flashpoints and fragmentation in the Spanish monarchy's territorial possessions, and in particular the Dutch revolt.
Listen: BBC R4's The Invention of Spain