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Why we're adding Black Mathematician Month to our calendars
PhD candidates Sean Jamshidi, Nikoleta Kalaydzhieva and Rafael Prieto Curiel (UCL Mathematics) write about a project, supported by UCL, which aims to highlight and give more gravitas to black mathematicians throughout October's Black History Month.
Read: The GuardianMeet the young Londoners with fresh ideas to innovate the city
Dr Ellie Cosgrave (UCL STEaPP) and her research into urban innovation and the future of global cities are mentioned in an article on Londoners and their fresh ways of thinking.
Read: City AMProgress in fighting HIV 'could save lung cancer victims too'
Professor Charles Swanton (UCL Cancer Institute) is one of two recipients of funding awarded to investigate whether advances in HIV research could translate into breakthroughs in the way lung cancer is treated.
Read: Evening StandardIs capitalism at a crossroads?
Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) discusses economic growth in terms of direction and her hope that this direction becomes more 'green' and inclusive.
Read: The GuardianKeep taking the broccoli, says British pharma company
Professor Michael Heinrich (UCL School of Pharmacy) has commented on a pharmaceutical company who are designing drugs using sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli.
Read: Times (£)How to safeguard vulnerable metro systems against terrorist attacks
Dr Hervé Borrion and Kartikeya Tripathi (UCL Security & Crime Science) make recommendations on safeguarding metro systems - and the people who use them - from the threat of terrorism.
Read: The Conversation, More: Yahoo NewsDNA in the dock: How flawed techniques send innocent people to prison
Dr Ruth Morgan and Dr Georgina Meakin (UCL Security & Crime Science) highlight the limitations of using forensic DNA as evidence in criminal investigations.
Read: The GuardianMost museums are too chicken to celebrate 'boring beasts' - but we're not
Jack Ashby (UCL Culture) talks about the new UCL Grant Museum of Zoology exhibition 'The Museum of Ordinary Animals' which highlights the mundane animals that have changed the world, including dogs, rats, cats, cows, chickens and mice.
Listen: BBC Radio 5 'Jane Garvey' and Peter Allen (from 24 mins and 55 secs), More: The ConversationCan we make artificial organs?
Dr Giuseppe Mazza (UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health) explains that one in four livers can't be used in transplantation but through his work, the cells from these can still be used to make artificial organs.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Crowd Science' (from 3 mins 50 secs)Learning another language staves off threat of dementia
Dr Dina Mehmedbegovic (UCL Institute of Education) comments on research suggesting that monolingual Britons should learn another language in order to delay the onset of dementia.
Read: Times (£)
