UCL in the media
James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo win Nobel prize for medicine
Professor Sergio Quezada (UCL Cancer Institute) praises one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, his former colleague Professor James Allison, for his work in immunotherapy.
Read: GuardianThe rise of the megacity
Dr Iqbal Hamiduddin (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) talks about features and drawbacks of megacities, where between 80 and 90 per cent of the world's projected population is expected to live by the end of this century.
Listen: ABC 'Rear Vision' (from 1 min, 30 secs)
UCL cell transplant technique one of five mobility 'breakthroughs'
A cell transplant technique developed by UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is one of five recent technological advances which has given new hope to people with reduced mobility.
Read: ObserverWho murdered the murderer?
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) talks about his reactions to meeting the son of a leading Nazi, and about his own BBC-backed podcast 'The Ratline', which explores a post-war mystery and murder.
Read: Sunday Times (£), More: FT (£)Call for increased independence for early career researchers
Early career researchers should be supported to spend a fifth of their time on independent projects and personal development, says a major report chaired by Professor David Bogle (UCL Chemical Engineering and UCL Office of the Vice-Provost (Research)).
Read: THEHumans delayed the onset of the Sahara desert by 500 years
A new study by Dr Chris Brierley and Prof. Mark Maslin (both UCL Geography) shows that increasing human population and sustainable pastoralism did not accelerate - and may even have delayed - the decline of the 'Green Sahara'".
Read: i News, More: BBC World Service (from 48 mins), Mail Online, Yahoo News, UCL News.The chemistry of batteries
In a radio discussion, Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) talks about the history of battery development and the role which chemical reactions play in battery function.
Listen: BBC World Service 'CrowdScience' (from 16 mins, 21 secs)Scholar who established heritage studies as an academic discipline in its own right
Emeritus Professor Hugh Clout (UCL Geography) writes a moving obituary for the late Emeritus Professor David Lowenthal (UCL Geography) who established heritage studies as an academic discipline in its own right.
Read: Guardian.Tribute to UCL geneticist Professor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz
The Times carries a full obituary of Professor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, Professor of Clinical and Molecular Genetics at UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, who died on 20 September. Professor Bitner-Glindzicz was working on pioneering research to restore hearing and vision. The Times hails her 'passion for scientific advance' and 'compassion for her patients'.
Read: The Times (£), More: BMJ, UCL NewsThe resurgence of the British phone box
City planners are inundated with requests to install more phone boxes. However this trend has less to do with phone calls and more to do with digital advertising. Professor Matthew Carmona (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) comments, "Phone companies have realised they can make money from them in a different way."
Read: New York Times