UCL in the media
Toddlers 'need early years teachers in nurseries'
A report by the UCL Institute of Child Health and Save the Children highlights pre-school years as a "critical opportunity" for the brain to develop key skills.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, Telegraph, Independent, Sky News, Mirror, Daily Express, Yorkshire Post, TESBritain on the brink of blackouts for four winters
Professor Michael Grubb (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) says he believes the demand-supply margin for energy is still very close but the system is more flexible than people think.
Read: Times (£), More: Guardian, Guardian (2), Financial Times, Yorkshire PostFertility
Professor Joyce Harper (UCL Reproductive Health) says that many people don't know enough about when female fertility starts to decline and discusses the issues this raises.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' (from 12 mins 51 secs)The benefits of spicing up a breast-feeding mother's diet
Dr Lucy Cooke (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) comments on the benefits of mothers eating a varied diet whilst breastfeeding.
Read: New York TimesOvercoming the emotional trauma of constipation
Dr Anton Emmanuel (UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health) says that traditionally the emphasis for treating chronic constipation has been on increasing fibre intake.
Read: BBC NewsVenezuela amps up media repression by sentencing newspaper publisher to prison
Dr Marco Aponte-Moreno and Lance Lattig (both UCL School of Management) explain that for journalists in Venezuela, free speech means risking imprisonment or exile.
Read: The ConversationScientists create the simplest form of life yet known
Dr Vitor Bernardes Pinheiro (UCL Structural & Molecular Biology) says that the creation of a synthetic microbe with the absolute minimum genetic information needed to grow and reproduce, is a "tour de force".
Read: Financial Times, More: Daily Mail, Guardian, Mirror, New Zealand HeraldBritish working mums spending longer in office than fathers
A study by NatCen Social Research and the Thomas Coram Research Unit at UCL has found a shift in how couples share childcare responsibilities as fathers in the UK cut their working hours and mothers work more.
Read: Daily ExpressKaradžic trial points to advantages of focused criminal tribunals
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) says he believes the Balkans conflict paved the way for a broader international consensus on war crimes justice.
Read: GuardianDementia sufferers told they have mid-life crisis
Dr Jonathan Rohrer (UCL Institute of Neurology) says that doctors are "stuck on the idea" that memory loss is the key symptom of dementia and are missing patients with other problems.
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