UCL in the media
New voice analysis device could cut lorry deaths
Professor Mark Huckvale (UCL Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences) is leading a project to monitor fatigue levels by using new device that can tell how tired you are by listening to your voice.
Read: iNews, More: BBC 5 Live 'Up All Night' (from 29 mins 16 secs)99% of advanced dementia sufferers not getting specialist care, finds study
UCL researchers have found that people suffering in the late stages of dementia very rarely receive care from specialist healthcare professionals, despite their complex needs.
Read: Independent, More: UCL News, Mail Online300,000 women are missing from economics
Professor Wendy Carlin (UCL Economics) co-authors a piece on the lower numbers of women in economics and how a world-leading teaching initiative based at UCL Economics aims to tackle the problem.
Read: The ConversationAmbitious neuroscience project to probe how the brain makes decisions
Twenty one leading neuroscience groups from around the world, including seven from the UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences, have formed a 'virtual brain lab' to test how the brain controls learning and decision making.
Read: Guardian, More: UCL News, NatureUK start-up Autolus starts 'living medicine' cancer trials
Autolus, a UCL spin-out company, has launched clinical trials as part of its plans to develop 'living medicine' cancer therapies which genetically engineer the patient's own immune cells to fight cancer.
Read: Financial Times (£)All graduates should pay tax regardless of when they went to University
UK graduates who benefited from a free university education should pay a retrospective tax to help fund the current generation of students, suggests a new study involving Professor Andy Green (UCL Institute of Education).
Read: Telegraph, More: Sun, Mail Online, The Times (£)Chin up! Botox injections can lift your jawline
Mr Ash Mosahebi, professor of plastic surgery (UCL Surgical & Interventional Science) comments on a potential new Botox treatment for an under-projected chin, highlighting the numbers used in the study are small and Botox may have negative effects on smiling and facial movements.
Read: Daily MailChildren relentlessly bullied for being small or fat won't be unhappy as an adult
A new study by Professor Alex Bryson (UCL Institute of Education) finds that adult happiness is not determined by childhood biological markers such as height or body fat.
Read: Mail Online, More: UCL NewsElsevier takes on Wikipedia with science definitions service
Professor Diana Laurillard, chair of learning with digital technologies (UCL Institute of Education) says that most academics recognise the enormous value of Wikipedia for accessing basic information but rail against tiny inaccuracies in their own field.
Read: THEHow death has changed over 100 years in Britain
Professor Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health) comments on the spread of measles in the context of a new report that finds life expectancy at birth now tops 80 years in the UK.
Read: Guardian