UCL in the media
The Science of Everyday Life
Dr Helen Czerski (UCL Mechanical Engineering) takes part in a panel discussing the science of everyday subjects such as tea spilling and teacup acoustics, and demonstrates how dropping raisins in a bottle of lemonade reveals how the Titanic sunk.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The Infinite Monkey Cage'Tesla crash report blames human error - this is a missed opportunity
Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) writes about the missed opportunities for learning and regulation improvement that the crash report of a car using an autopilot system could have offered.
Read: The GuardianElderly people three times more likely to die in year following breaking hip
Dr Michail Katsoulis (UCL Health Informatics) led a study finding that a hip fracture is associated with increased mortality from numerous causes.
Read: Daily MailMen and women cope with stress & anxiety in different ways
Dr John Barry (UCL Psychology & Language Studies) led a study into different coping strategies men and women use to manage stress, and into gender differences in reasons to seek out therapy.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Evening Standard, The SunSix ways virtual reality will change your health very soon
Professor Chris Brewin (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) led a 2016 study finding that virtual reality can help in treating patients with depression.
Read: Daily MailSmart buildings predict when critical systems are about to fail
Professor David Shipworth (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) comments on predictive maintenance, the development of a machine learning algorithm that can predict heating and ventilation system failures.
Read: New ScientistDelirium could accelerate dementia-related mental decline
Dr Daniel Davis (MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing at UCL) comments on his study finding that delirium, often occuring in hospital environments, may have long-lasting consequences including accelerating the dementia process.
Read: The Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, Mirror, UCL NewsMRI scans can help one in four men avoid prostate biopsy
Dr Hashim Ahmed (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) led a trial at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL finding that over a quarter of men with a clinical suspicion of prostate cancer could avoid a biopsy if they undergo an MRI scan first.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 1 hrs 33 mins 40 secs), More: The Guardian, BBC News, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Sun, Huffington Post, i News, MirrorShould all countries use the Shanghai maths method?
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) comments on the relative merits of Shanghai's school system compared to that of the UK.
Read: BBC News, More: BBC World Service 'The Compass'Young women are now a 'high-risk group' for mental illness
Dr Miranda Wolpert (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments on ways to improve child and adolescent mental health services.
Read: The Guardian