UCL in the media
The NHS needs a new breed of innovator for the information age
Honorary Professor Kevin Fong (UCL STEaPP) talks about the role of data and artificial intelligence in the future of the NHS.
Read: GuardianExtinction is a natural process, but it's happening at 1,000 times the normal speed
Dr Elizabeth Boakes (UCL Biosciences) and Dr David Redding (UCL Biosciences) discuss how the Earth is losing more and more biodiversity every day, and why we should all be worried.
Read: The Conversation. More: Daily MailExomoons: on the hunt for distant worlds
The search for exoplanets, which orbit distant stars, has opened up a whole galaxy of worlds beyond our own - over 3,700 have been discovered to date. Professor Giovanna Tinetti talks about finding life on an exomoon (UCL Physics & Astronomy).
Read: BBC NewsShould schools teach British Sign Language?
Professor Bencie Woll (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) talks about the usage of British Sign Language and stresses the need to teach it in schools.
Listen: LBC (£)(from 2 hours, 55 min).Novichok: What exactly is it?
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains Novichok's basic chemical framework, how it works and how it came about in the 1970s.
Read: Mail Online More: ITV, Guardian, Daily Mail, Metro, Reuters, BBCThe drugs being used at UK festivals
Professor Val Curran and Jon Waldron and (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) discuss the latest figures on drug use at UK festivals, including drug types, trends and risks.
Read: BBC NewsDoctors to offer cannabis on the NHS 'within weeks'
Dr Michael Bloomfield (UCL Psychiatry) comments on how a change in the law "could help patients suffering from devastating illnesses and facilitate medical research". The government's chief medical adviser is working on a change in the law within weeks.
Read: Times (£), More: BBCOne in four smokers has quit since 2011
The number of people in Britain who smoke has fallen by 2 million since 2011. Professor Robert West (UCL Behavioural Science and Health) specialises in nicotine withdrawal and says the fall could be due to plain packaging and display bans, as well as e-cigarettes providing a route to quitting."
Read: Times (£)Home Office looks into easing rules on medical cannabis
Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, has commissioned part two of a review into cannabis-related medicinal products. Professor Val Curran (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) welcomes the initiative and discusses the laws on medical cannabis.
Read: GuardianFrom smart pills to artificial wombs - the technology transforming the NHS
Technological shifts are revolutionising how the NHS operates. For one ambitious project, doctors at UCL have grown replacement food pipes for babies born with part of the organ missing.
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