UCL in the media
Confusing government policy biggest threat to UK clean energy
Professor Michael Grubb (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) says: "I can see no reason to go back [to centralised government control of energy] but I do think we have outgrown the idea that competition alone solves every problem in energy".
Read: GuardianKajita and McDonald win Nobel physics prize for work on neutrinos
Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) comments on Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics, saying "The discovery opened up a whole field of neutrino physics which is still producing amazing science".
Read: GuardianA massive tsunami as tall as the Shard overwhelmed the Cape Verde islands
Commenting on a new study about megatsunamis, Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences) says the scale of such events and their potentially devastating impact, makes them a clear and serious hazard in ocean basins that host active volcanoes.
Read: Independent, More: Daily Mail, MetroBig data experts try to unlock secrets of consumer behaviour
The Consumer Data Research Centre, a collaborative initiative between UCL, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool and University of Oxford, has created a safe and secure data infrastructure to share the millions of data points generated each day.
Read: Yorkshire PostScientists compete to find the best way to remember
A collaborative team from UCL and University of Oxford have reached the final of an international competition to find the best online method of teaching volunteers 80 foreign words in an hour.
Read: Times (£)Supermarkets donate plastic bag proceeds to dementia fund
UK supermarkets Iceland, Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose have pledged funds from the new levy on single-use carrier bags to support the construction of a new world class dementia research centre at UCL.
Read: Guardian, More: Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Mirror, UCL NewsDo you tweet like you're rich?
A team of researchers, including Dr Nikolaos Aletras (UCL Computer Science), have found that it is possible to know a Twitter user's income level simply by looking at the words that he or she uses to post messages.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Telegraph, Times of IndiaCommunity groups record 'illegal levels of air pollution' in London
A UCL community project recording air pollution in London, led by Louise Francis (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering), has found that eight out of nine areas surveyed breached EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the air.
Read: BBC NewsIs there life on Mars?
Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) comments on the search for life on Mars.
Read: BBC News, More: GuardianThe innovators: digital nomads make office sharing a reality
Professor Alexi Marmot (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) comments on the growing trend for co-working spaces.
Read: Guardian