UCL in the media
Overcoming the emotional trauma of constipation
Dr Anton Emmanuel (UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health) says that traditionally the emphasis for treating chronic constipation has been on increasing fibre intake.
Read: BBC NewsVenezuela amps up media repression by sentencing newspaper publisher to prison
Dr Marco Aponte-Moreno and Lance Lattig (both UCL School of Management) explain that for journalists in Venezuela, free speech means risking imprisonment or exile.
Read: The ConversationScientists create the simplest form of life yet known
Dr Vitor Bernardes Pinheiro (UCL Structural & Molecular Biology) says that the creation of a synthetic microbe with the absolute minimum genetic information needed to grow and reproduce, is a "tour de force".
Read: Financial Times, More: Daily Mail, Guardian, Mirror, New Zealand HeraldBritish working mums spending longer in office than fathers
A study by NatCen Social Research and the Thomas Coram Research Unit at UCL has found a shift in how couples share childcare responsibilities as fathers in the UK cut their working hours and mothers work more.
Read: Daily ExpressKaradžic trial points to advantages of focused criminal tribunals
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) says he believes the Balkans conflict paved the way for a broader international consensus on war crimes justice.
Read: GuardianDementia sufferers told they have mid-life crisis
Dr Jonathan Rohrer (UCL Institute of Neurology) says that doctors are "stuck on the idea" that memory loss is the key symptom of dementia and are missing patients with other problems.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Times (£), Huffington PostThe fear of the unknown makes us more stressed
Knowing that there is a small chance of getting a painful electric shock can lead to significantly more stress than knowing that you will definitely be shocked, finds study led by PhD student Archy de Berker, Dr Robb Rutledge and Dr Sven Bestmann (all UCL Institute of Neurology).
Read: Daily Mail, More: Telegraph, Washington Post, Daily Express, TIME, Wired, Times (£), Huffington Post, Forbes, City AM, Daily Express (2), Times of India, UCL News, Listen: BBC 5 Live 'Up All Night' (from 36 minutes 30 seconds)Forced marriage
Asma Ashraf (UCL Population Health Sciences) explains why students studying Medicine at UCL are given seminars on how to spot the signs of forced marriage.
Listen: BBC Radio London 'Nikki Bedi' (from 1 hour 22 mins), Watch: BBC Asian NetworkArctic winter sees sluggish sea-ice growth
Rachel Tilling (UCL Earth Sciences) comments on the slow thickening of Arctic sea-ice observed this year.
Read: BBC NewsShould the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?
Professor Paul Ekins (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) says doubts about a planned nuclear power plant and the rise of renewable power suggest it is time to rethink a key plank of UK energy strategy.
Read: New Scientist