UCL in the media
'Banyas' discussed
Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences) comments on the alleged health benefits of Russian bath houses.
Read: Telegraph (£)Cancer can use brute force to push round the body
Cancer cells push through blood vessels far more strongly than ordinary cells, research led by Dr Joseph Ndieyira (UCL Division of Medicine) has found. The team analysed data collected through a new device developed at UCL's London Centre for Nanotechnology.
Read: The Times (£), More: Daily Mail, UCL NewsParkinson's study seeks 10,000 volunteers
Professor Anette-Eleonore Schrag (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) is co-leading a new study seeking 10,000 volunteers to aid early diagnosis of Parkinson's.
Read: ExpressAverage - the greatest disguise
Professor Tomas Chamorro Premuzic (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) contributes to a discussion about the many advantages of being - and looking - average.
Read: BBCNon-Disclosure Agreements discussed
Professor Richard Moorhead (UCL Centre for Ethics & Law) discusses NDAs on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Listen:
BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 2 hours 35 mins 40 secs)Heritage buildings a catalyst for regeneration
Professor Yolande Barnes (UCL Bartlett Real Estate Institute) joins a discussion about the regeneration of Coal Drops Yard in London. Listen:
BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 1 hour 44 mins)Preserving EU research funding post-Brexit
UK universities are looking to partnerships with EU universities as a way of preserving research funding post-Brexit.
Read: NatureThe facts about our ecological crisis are incontrovertible
Five academics from across UCL are among the 94 signatories of a letter to The Guardian, warning of an impending environmental crisis.
Read: GuardianAcademics call for radical overhaul of religious education
Hymns could be banned from being sung in state schools under radical new proposals put forward Professor Adam Swift (UCL Political Science) and other academics.
Read: Express, More: UCL News, TES.Why the eastern Pacific has seen so many hurricanes this year
Emeritus Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences) explains that 'ACE' - Accumulated Cyclone Energy - is the reason why hurricanes in the eastern Pacific have been so intense this year.
Read: Express