UCL in the media
What will Pluto mission discover?
The New Horizons spacecraft will fly by Pluto next week to find out what the dwarf planet is like. Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) explains the new information will tell us more about the building blocks of the outer Solar System.
Read: BBC News, More: BBC World Service 'Newshour'Overweight teens 'do not see themselves as too heavy'
A study led by Professor Jane Wardle (UCL Population Health Sciences) has found that relatively few 'normal-weight' teens think they are too heavy, but many who are overweight do not acknowledge it, which puts their health at risk.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, Guardian; UCL NewsLooking at the uses of chromium in motorbikes
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains the many uses of chromium in motorbikes and it's not just for the metal work. The element is also used for leather tanning to make the material more elastic and resistant.
Listen: BBC World Service, Elements (from 2 minutes 45 seconds)Our memories are going out of our heads
Kathryn Mills (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) comments on the idea of digital amnesia: "One of the reasons consumers might be less worried about remembering information is because they have connected devices they trust."
Read: The Times (£)Raising a glass to a dream
Professor Frederic Migayro (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) comments on the inaugural exhibition of the Fondation Louis Vuitton arts centre, which he has curated.
Child poverty is thankfully not rising - but the archaic definition needs to go
Professor Paul Ormerod (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) writes about child poverty and the need to change the definition of it.
Read: City AMFormal testing is on the rise, but is it 'dangerous'?
Professor Dylan Wiliam (UCL Institute of Education) cautions against reliance on test results, saying that errors of measurement were "quite substantial" in GCSE papers.
Read: TESLooted in Syria - and for sale in the UK
Dr Mark Altaweel (UCL Institute of Archaeology) has uncovered objects in London antiques shops that are "very likely to be coming from conflict regions."
Read: The GuardianDoes talking about corruption make it seem worse?
Development organisations are increasingly being asked to show that they give value for money. Dr David Hudson and Dr Jennifer Hudson (both UCL Political Science) say concerns about corruption need to be part of that discussion to move the debate away from simplistic and moralistic frames.
Read: GuardianWhy so many pills are so difficult to swallow: And why it's safe to crush or cut up some - but not others
Dr Simon Gaisford (UCL School of Pharmacy) comments on the difficulty of swallowing pills, and the safety issues of crushing or cutting them up.
Read: Daily Mail