UCL in the media
Welcome back to real lightbulbs?
Professor John Marshall (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) says LED and fluorescent bulbs damage the retina as they produce more 'short wavelength' light in the blue and ultraviolet end of the spectrum which is more damaging to skin cells, just as ultraviolet light causes sunburn.
Read: Daily MailSound of your own voice may help you understand your emotions
Professor Mark Huckvale (UCL Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences) says that avatars could be applied in mental health therapy.
Read: New Scientist (£)Nature's numbers
Professor Brian Butterworth (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) explains why counting words are not necessary to have concepts of exact numbers.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Discovery' (from 12 mins 15 secs)
Scientists herald dawn of the rubbish era
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) says that many of the effects of the "great acceleration", the time of rapid environmental change caused by a surge in human population and increased consumption during the mid-20th century, could still be undone.
Read: The Times (£)Michael Mosley: The truth about alcohol
Dr Alexander Jones (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) says that alcohol raises your risk of a wide range of cancers but there is decent evidence that alcohol can be beneficial for the heart, at least in relatively low doses.
Read: BBC News, Watch: BBC Two 'Trust Me I'm a Doctor' (from 45 mins 33 secs)Cosmology is in crisis - but not for the reason you may think
Dr Tom Kitching (UCL Space & Climate Physics) argues that confirmation bias, the psychological effect that makes people unconsciously interpret information to confirm their beliefs, is a big threat to cosmology.
Read: The ConversationDutch lead European push to flip journals to open access
Dr Paul Ayris (UCL Library Services) says steps taken by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands are "great step forward to an Open Access world".
Read: NatureHello, my (imaginary) friend
Dr Karen Majors (UCL Institute of Education) says that imaginary friends are a good way for children to process what's going on around them.
Read: Globe and MailReinventing Russia
Dr Sarah Young, Dr Sergei Bogatyrev and Professor Simon Dixon (all UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies) look at the beginning of the Romanovs' reign in Russia, from Mikhail to Peter the Great.
Watch: BBC Four 'Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley'Who, What, Why: How do elements get their names?
Following the addition of four new elements to the periodic table, Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains how they get their names.
Read: BBC News