UCL in the media
Doctors cannot tell if patients are about to die
Professor Paddy Stone (UCL Psychiatry) leads a study demonstrating that a method routinely used to identify patients who may be coming to their last year of life is frequently inaccurate.
Read: The Times (£), More: Telegraph, The Sun, Express, Mail Online, UCL NewsDid the Facebook AI create its own language?
Dr Peter Bentley (UCL Computer Science) comments on reports that Facebook Artificial Intelligence had to be shut down after it was discovered they had been communicating with each other in a strange language.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Click'British Gas raises its electricity prices
Professor Paul Ekins (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) says he 'doesn't believe in total' that British Gas' decision to raise its electricity prices is wholly due to transmission and distribution costs as well as the costs of government policy.
Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live 'Afternoon Edition' (from 2 hrs 11 mins 23 secs)How travel websites convince customers into booking online by suggesting deals might soon sell out
Joe Gladstone (UCL School of Management) has led a study showing that messaging on travel websites helps to boost profits.
Read: Mail Online, More: BBC World Service 'World Business Report' (from 13 mins 30 secs)People with autism are less surprised by the unexpected
Dr Rebecca Lawson (UCL Institute of Neurology) and Professor Geraint Rees (Dean, UCL Faculty of Life Sciences) author a study showing that adults with autism were less surprised when presented with unexpected images.
Read: Yahoo News, More: The Times (£), UCL NewsMaduro celebrates Venezuela vote
Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas (UCL Institute of the Americas) explains the impact of the vote in Venezuela.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Newshour' (from 6 mins 43 secs)Losing weight without a diet: manipulating a type of brain cell gets results in mice
Dr Nicholas Lesica (UCL Ear Institute) comments on a new US study with implications for obesity research, which shows that the activation of a particular type of immune cell in the brain can, on its own, lead to obesity in mice.
Read: The ConversationThree generations of a British family are helping the fight against Alzheimer's
The achievements of Professors John Hardy, Martin Rossor and Nick Fox (UCL Institute of Neurology) are highlighted in a story focused on ground-breaking Alzheimer's research in the UK, and one family that has significantly assisted the development of knowledge in the area, writes Dr Gary Zhang (UCL Computer Science).
Read: iNewsThe forensic science world is on the brink of a revolution
Dr Ruth Morgan (UCL Security & Crime Science) comments on a project she is developing with Dr Carolyn Rando (UCL Institute of Archaeology) and PhD student Rachael Carew which aims to produce perfect replicas of crime scene evidence using 3D printing techniques.
Read: iNewsFDA plans to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels
Professor Robert West (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) comments on plans by the FDA to reduce nicotine in cigarettes.
Read: Guardian