UCL in the media
'Capacity to innovate matters far more than panic over spending'
Visiting Professor Paul Ormerod (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences), suggests the debate over post-Brexit Britain should focus on how to boost innovation, rather than panic over consumer spending levels.
Read: City AMTeenage boys to get the HPV jab to protect against cancer
Professor Helen Bedford (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) welcomes the news that teenage boys aged 12 to 13 will be given a jab that protects against the HPV virus.
Read: SunBlood moon 2018 in London: causes, best spots and apocalypse theories
Dr Francisco Diego (UCL Physics & Astronomy) reveals London's top places to see Friday's "blood moon" eclipse. Set to be one of the longest total lunar eclipses of the century, it will feature a red tinge on the fully eclipsed moon.
Read: Evening StandardThinner retinas are early sign of cognitive decline
A landmark study led by Professor Paul Foster (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) has shown thinner retinas in the human eye are a clear sign a person is at significant and increased risk of future mental decline. The UCL team worked with researchers from Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Read: Daily Mirror, More: Daily Express, Daily Mail, Sun, BBC News, iNews, Mail (summary)A slight rise in blood pressure aged 50 linked to dementia
A new study led by Professor Archana Singh-Manoux (UCL Institute for Global Health) has examined blood pressure and discovered that only a small rise may predict a risk of dementia later on.
Read: Daily MirrorProfessor Philippe Sands discusses US death penalty controversy
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Centre for International Courts & Tribunals) discusses the US death penalty threat to two British ISIS fighters in the context of international humanitarian law.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'PM' (from 13 mins, 52 seconds)Professor Kate Jones comments on impacts of invading species
Professor Kate Jones (UCL Centre for Biodiversity and Environmental Research) talks about what can happens when people transport species or diseases around the globe.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 (from 7 mins 45 seconds)Best ten UK universities to study economics
UCL is ranked 4th in a list of the best ten UK universities to study economics. Options in the UCL degree include economics of science, development, education and many other sectors.
Read: TelegraphEye drops made from turmeric could help prevent blindness
A study led by Professor Francesca Cordeiro and Dr Ben Davis (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) finds that a derivative of turmeric could be used in eye drops to reduce the loss of retinal cells, an early sign of glaucoma.
Read: Evening Standard, More: Daily Mail, Newsweek, UCL NewsA Solar Storm Is Headed for Earth - Should You Be Worried?
Dr Colin Forsyth (UCL Space & Climate Physics) explains what causes a solar storm, saying such storms 'often pass without most people even being aware that they are happening.'
Read: Newsweek