UCL in the media
World's largest peatland with vast carbon-storage capacity found in Congo
Dr Greta Dargie and Professor Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) led a research team that mapped the Cuvette Centrale peatlands in the central Congo basin and found they cover 145,500 sq km and could lock in 30bn tonnes of carbon that was previously not known to exist.
Read: The Guardian, More: Washington Post, New York Times, The ConversationA hidden code in our DNA explains how new pieces of genes are made
Professor Jernej Ule (UCL Institute of Neurology) writes about his research into how the human genome ensures gene mutations help humans evolve without too much disruption to cellular function.
Read: The ConversationArclight device 'could save sight of millions'
The Arclight, a cheap, pocket-sized, solar-powered ophthalmoscope has been developed by a team including a UCL researcher.
Read: BBC NewsHow to speak truth to power
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL Office of the Vice-Provost (Research)) writes about how academics can ensure their research influences public policy.
Read: THEArmy of 350,000 Star Wars bots found lurking on Twitter
A research paper by Dr Shi Zhou and Juan Echeverria Guzman (UCL Computer Science) outlines a network of bot accounts tweeting Star Wars quotes, and how they determined the accounts were linked.
Read: New Scientist, More: Daily Mail, BBC NewsThe French left faces a grim election year
Professor Philippe Marlière (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) comments on the low likelihood of a left-wing candidate winning the French presidential election.
Read: The EconomistWhen is a drone strike legal?
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) is interviewed about UK Attorney General Jeremy Wright setting out for the first time the legal basis for British military strikes against targets overseas.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 2 hrs 50 mins 56 secs), More: BBC Radio 5 '5 live Drive' (from 2 hrs 23 mins 42 secs), The GuardianSixth form education in England 'uniquely narrow and short'
A study by UCL Institute of Education researchers has found that upper secondary education in the UK falls short of five comparison country systems in terms of tuition time and breadth. The report calls for increased funding.
Read: Times Educational SupplementThe AI that can tell advertisers when you're willing to switch brands
Professor Brad Love (UCL Psychology and The Alan Turing Institute) and Dr Peter Riefer (UCL Experimental Psychology) developed a model to predict when people are most likely to try different products.
Read: Daily MailA new CERN experiment targets even higher energies (eventually)
Professor Jonathan Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) writes about the Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE), of which UCL is a member, at CERN², seeking to demonstrate the feasibility of using a high-energy proton beam in a plasma to accelerate an electron beam to higher energies than ever before.
Read: The Guardian