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Smartphones free up human brains
Dr Sam Gilbert (UCL Cognitive Neuroscience) comments on recent research that claims that digital devices may be harmful to memory and discusses his paper which argues the use of these for recording shopping lists etc actually frees up cognitive resources for more effective uses.
Read: The Mail, More: The Times (£) The Telegraph, The Huffington Post, The Times of IndiaIodine deficiency in developing countries
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) discusses the reasons for low levels of Iodine in children living in India.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Elements'Leopard print stalks the catwalks
Jack Ashby (UCL Grant Museum of Zoology) comments on leopard print as an eye-catching fashion statement despite being a means of camouflage for leopards.
Read: Financial TimesWe've been wrong about the origins of life for 90 years
Arunas Radzvilavicius (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) writes that life on Earth originated in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and not in a surface-level primordial soup as the dominant theory proposes.
Read: The ConversationEU Opens Antitrust Probe on Dow Chemical, DuPont Merger
Professor Ioannis Lianos (UCL Laws) comments on the EU antitrust authority's investigation into the proposed merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont, saying: "[Antitrust regulators] don't have an industry approach in their merger reviews, they have to develop a targeted approach."
Read: Wall Street JournalNew computer programme replicates handwriting
Dr Gabriel Brostow, Dr Tom Haines and Dr Oisin Mac Aodha (all UCL Computer Science) have taught a computer to imitate anyone's handwriting by creating an algorithm that can take a sample of handwritten text, examine its qualities, and then write any text in the same style.
Read: BBC News, More: UCL News, Gizmodo, Times of IndiaLHC-style supercolliders are entering a make or break phase
Dr Gavin Hesketh (UCL Physics & Astronomy) writes about the Large Hadron Collider's impact on research, and the case for building a new, larger supercollider.
Read: New Scientist (£)Four ways that artificial intelligence can benefit universities
Professor Rose Luckin (UCL Institute of Education) argues that higher education needs to embrace the positives of AI, not just look at the negatives.
Read: THENew research hints at pattern of Alzheimer's spread in the brain
Cambridge scientists have uncovered a potential explanation as to why certain tissues of the brain are more vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease. Professor John Hardy (UCL Brain Sciences) says the work is limited by the areas of the brain and the cell types studied, so while it points to an idea, it does not really prove it.
Read: GuardianThe whale menopause
Killer whales and humans are almost unique in the animal kingdom in having a female menopause. Professor Ruth Mace (UCL Anthropology) discusses the possible evolutionary reasons behind this.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The Whale Menopause' (from 21 mins 07 secs)
