UCL in the media
The Proton
Dr Simon Jolly (UCL Physics & Astronomy) contributes to a discussion about the discovery and growing understanding of the Proton.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time'Scientists 'keep pigs' brains alive without a body for up to 36 hours'
Professor Frances Edwards (UCL Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology) says a new US development whereby brains of pigs are being kept alive could be useful for studying connections between cells and working out the network interactions in a large brain.
Read: Guardian, More: Daily StarSocial media lowers girls' self-esteem more than boys, new study shows
Professor Yvonne Kelly (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) has co-written research indicating the negative impact of social media on girls.
Read: StandardAlfie Evans' supporters are uninformed, says legal expert
Professor Jonathan Montgomery (UCL Laws) says protesters and threats to prosecute doctors at Alder Hey are distracting from the attempts of the parents, health professionals and judges to focus on what is best for Alfie Evans.
Read: Metro, More: IndependentSocial media blamed for spread of cancer myths
Dr Lion Shahab (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) has co-led a study showing large numbers of people wrongly believe that dozens of things can cause cancer owing to the spread of myths on social media.
Read: Times (£), More: Telegraph, BBC News, Independent, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Metro, New Zealand Herald, Sky News, The Conversation, ITV News, UCL News, Metro (2), Sun, CNN, GuardianDrugs taken by millions for incontinence, depression and Parkinson's may increase risk of dementia, finds study
Professor Rob Howard (UCL Psychiatry) and Professor Martin Rossor (UCL Institute of Neurology) have commented on a new epidemiological study showing a possible link between dementia and anticholinergic drugs.
Read: Independent, More: Express, BBC News, CNNCan we trust BMI to measure obesity?
Professor Tim Cole (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) argues for the continued relevance of BMI as a way of measuring obesity.
Read: BBC NewsScientists find more gorillas in West Africa than they expected - but also warn of a rapid decline
Professor Volker Sommer (UCL Anthropology) has criticised a study that has surveyed gorillas in West Africa, saying the method of 'counting nests' was an unreliable way to count gorilla numbers.
Read: Sky News, More: Washington PostInterview: Meet Mariana Mazzucato
Public intellectual Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) is interviewed about her new book: The Value of Everything.
Read: Spectator, More: Channel 4, Bloomberg, New Statesman, City AM, City AM (2)Gaia telescope's 'book of the heavens' takes shape
Professor Mark Cropper and Dr George Seabroke (UCL Space & Climate Physics) are part of a UCL team that has helped map the positions and distances of over one billion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy as part of the European Space Agency's Gaia mission.
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