UCL in the media
Girls who start on social media younger more unhappy
Professor Yvonne Kelly (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) discusses her new study finding that girls who spend a lot of time on social media may become less happy and have increased social and emotional problems as they move into adolescence.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Woman's Hour' (from 5 mins 23 secs), More: Metro, Daily MailHow whooping increases your enjoyment
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) takes part in a discussion about the nature of emotions, and how our bodies can influence them.
Listen: The Guardian 'A neuroscientist explains' (from 10 mins 25 secs)Faith versus Science in Hawaii
Professor Steve Miller (UCL Science & Technology Studies) is interviewed about Mauna Kea, the site of a planned telescope opposed by local indigenous groups.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Stargazing' (from 2 mins 14 secs)'I will never retire': working life with an Alzheimer's diagnosis
Professor Nick Fox (UCL Institute of Neurology) discusses the varied challenges faced by people with early-onset dementia, and how diagnosis is often delayed when mistaken for other causes.
Read: Financial TimesHow close are we to a cure for Huntington's?
Professor Sarah Tabrizi (UCL Institute of Neurology) is leading the trial of a new drug that might slow the progression of Huntington's disease. Research by Professor Gill Bates (UCL Institute of Neurology) is also mentioned and Dr Ed Wild and Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) are quoted.
Read: The IndependentPrivate tutors key to grammar places
Researchers from UCL's Institute of Education (IoE) found that those from the poorest 25 per cent of families in England had less than a 10 per cent chance of attending a grammar school, compared with about a 40 per cent chance for children from the top quarter.
Read: The Times, Daily Mail, TESHi-tech mask scans your brain on the go
Professor Gareth Barnes (UCL Brain Sciences) University of Nottingham and the Wellcome Trust have developed the world's first brain scanner that can be worn as people move around.
Read: Guardian, More: BBC News, The Times (£), The Engineer.The Chancellor should keep public spending down
Dr Paul Omerod (UCL Brain Sciences) comments that if we are to follow the advice of British economist John Maynard Keyes, then the Chancellor should keep public spending down rather than risk increasing expenditure.
Read: City AM.Are people more chatty in certain regions?
Professor Steven Bishop (UCL Maths and Physical Sciences) talks about research he conducted in 2015 to find out whether people in different regions talk more than others, in a discussion about whether northerners are friendlier than southerners.
Listen: Talk Radio (from 23 mins 55 secs).Is it possible to detect early dementia?
Professor Nick Fox (UCL Institute of Neurology) explains that brain scans can help clinicians to identify abnormalities which help them to predict whether someone is at a higher risk of dementia.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Health' (from 1 min 42 secs).