UCL in the media
Stem cell bank
Professor Pete Coffey (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) discusses the latest developments in stem cell therapy and comments on the creation of a new 'bank' which will collect and store customers' stem cells.
Listen: BBC Radio 4's You and Yours (from 46mins 39s)Probing Plasma
Dr Lucie Green (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) explains the properties of plasma, using a set of stunning images of the sun, at this year's Cheltenham Science Festival.
Watch: BBC OnlineSurprise discovery allows scientists to block Alzheimer's
Scientists at the MRC Prion Unit at UCL have made the unexpected discovery that two antibodies, extensively studied in relation to CJD, may also have an effect on Alzheimer's Disease.
Read: The Independent More coverage: Daily Telegraph, Daily MirrorScientists show heart can repair itself, with help
Research led by Professor Paul Riley (UCL Institute for Child Health) shows the heart has dormant repair cells that can be reactivated.
Read: UCL News, Watch: Channel 4 News, Listen: BBC Radio 4's Material World (from 1min 29s), Listen: Guardian podcast, More coverage: BBC Radio 4, BBC Online, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Scientist, Daily Express, Reuters, The Sun, Daily MirrorUniversities 'complacent' over tackling radicalism
As the Government publishes its updated Prevent Strategy and Home Secretary Theresa May labels universities "complacent" over radicalism, Professor Malcolm Grant (UCL President & Provost) says that universities can work in partnership with the police but cannot, "act as guarantors" for their students.
Watch: Channel 4 News, Read: Channel 4 News, More coverage: ITV's Daybreak, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Evening StandardScots 'will have to vote twice on independence'
Scots would have to vote twice in two separate referendums before the country could become independent says Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit).
Read The Times (£). More coverage: BBC Radio ScotlandSpecimens and schools: 9 to 5 at the museum
Jack Ashby describes his work as a zoologist and Learning and Access Manager for the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology.
Read: New ScientistIs one of your students the next Martha Lane Fox or Richard Branson?
Vice-Provost (Enterprise) Professor Steve Caddick elaborates on the government's StartUp Britain campaign and entrepreneurship activities at UCL.
Read: The GuardianQ and A: why anti-matter matters
Following the trapping of atoms of anti-hydrogen at CERN, Professor Mark Lancaster (UCL Physics & Astronomy) explains why the creation and storage of anti-matter is so important.
Read: Channel 4 News onlineFor childibores and egosurfers, it's a language all of its own
Dan Clayton (UCL English Language & Literature) discusses how new slang spreads, and his work on the Survey of English Usage.
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