UCL in the media
The Durham Moot
Professor John Tomaney (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) explains why events like the Durham Moot are important for discussing the political, social and cultural challenges facing the region.
Watch: BBC One 'Sunday Politics North East and Cumbria' (from 53 mins 13 secs)Too much information: how a data deluge leaves us struggling to make up our minds
Rikke Duus (UCL Management Science & Innovation) explains that rather than helping us make better decisions, more information can mean we struggle to make any decisions at all.
Read: The ConversationThe plant that can kill and cure
Mandrakes have a deadly reputation but have been used for thousands of years for medicinal purposes. Professor Michael Heinrich (UCL School of Pharmacy) explains what happens if the wrong dose is used.
Read: BBC NewsHerbal food supplement labels 'can be misleading'
A team led by Professor Michael Heinrich (UCL School of Pharmacy) tested 70 herbal food supplements and found not all of them contain what they claim on the label.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, Huffington PostThe Mediterranean migrant crisis has big business and climate change at its roots
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) argues that while forced migration is framed as a political issue, climate change and inequality are fuelling the catastrophe and business has a role to play in solving it.
Read: GuardianBritain's forgotten slave owners
Research by Professor Catherine Hall and Dr Nick Draper (both UCL History) shows it was not only the rich elite that had vested interest in slaves but also clergymen, shop owners and 'ordinary' members of the British middle classes.
Read: Guardian, More: Metro, Daily Mail, UCL NewsBaby boomers will be brain scanned to unlock secrets of dementia
The MRC National Survey of Health and Development, a cohort study led by Professor Diana Kuh (UCL Epidemiology) that has been running since 1946, is now being used to determine risk factors and early signs of dementia in collaboration with Dr Jonathan Schott (UCL Institute of Neurology).
Read: Telegraph, Watch: BBC News, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 2hr 38mins)UCL's new centre to bridge UK's digital divide
The Government is to invest in a new facility at UCL to help cities across the country make better infrastructure investments in a bid to rebalance the British economy. The new centre will be led by Professor Alan Penn (The Bartlett, UCL Built Environment).
Read: Architects' Journal, More: Gizmodo, Computer WeeklySmoking may trigger schizophrenia
As new research suggests smoking can triple the chances of developing psychotic mental illnesses, Dr Michael Bloomfield (UCL Psychiatry) and Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) say more research is needed to know if this is a causal relationship as people who go on to develop schizophrenia may be more likely to start smoking.
Read: Telegraph, More: Yahoo News, Listen: LBC Nick Ferrari (£) (from 45 mins)Prozac use could increase birth defects in pregnant women
Dr Michael Bloomfield (UCL Psychiatry) says more research is needed into how anti-depressant drugs might increase the risk of these birth defects following a US study. He stressed that no one should stop taking treatment without talking to their doctor first.
Read: The Independent, More: Daily Mail, Huffington Post