UCL in the media
How to make use of unloved urban spaces
Bill Hodgson (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) comments on the difficulties in converting unused garages in London.
Read: EconomistPrize fight
Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) says that it is premature to write off the rebooted Longtiude prize as folly, even though it seeks exclusively scientific solutions to global challenges.
Read: Research Fortnight (£)Lasers 'could prevent' need for root canal treatment
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) comments on a new technique which uses lasers to regenerate dentin in damaged teeth, cautioning that enamel will be much more difficult to regrow.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 44 mins 53 secs)'Resist urge to control e-cigarettes', WHO told
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) calls for "bespoke regulation" on electronic cigarettes and says they should be regulated appropriate to what they are.
Read: BBC News, More: Scotsman, The Herald, Listen: BBC Radio 2 'Jeremy Vine' (from 1 hour 4 mins), More: BBC Radio Wales 'Morning Call' (from 14 mins 46 secs)Frederick Friend, 1941-2014
Dr Paul Ayris (UCL Library Services) leads tributes to Frederick Friend, Honorary Director of Scholarly Communication at UCL, who passed away last month.
Read: THEBetter understanding the regions
UCL Australia will be collaborating with The Yorke and Mid North Regional Alliance on a project to determine how best to prepare Clare, Australia for renewable energy and other low carbon technologies.
Read: Northern ArgusAre we too clean?
Ahead of his talk at the Cheltenham Science Festival, Professor Graham Rook (UCL Research Department of Infection) discuses whether good hygiene can lead to an increase in allergies.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'You & Yours' (from 19 mins 49 secs)Tests for cholesterol gene start
Professor Steve Humphries (UCL Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics) comments on the news that The British Heart Foundation will fund a £1 million programme of tests for familial hypercholesterolaemia, an inherited high cholesterol condition.
Read: Belfast Telegraph, More: Express & Star, Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live 'Morning Reports' (from 5 mins 25 secs)Brain tweak could let you pop a pill to stop seizures
A team led by Professor Dimitri Kullmann (UCL Neurology) has devised a new treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy with the potential to suppress seizures 'on demand' with a pill.
Read: New Scientist, More: Nature, UCL NewsWe need a new model of economic growth
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) looks at some of the challenges caused by global prosperity and how the new UCL Global Prosperity Institute will help ramp up the necessary action and debate needed in the field.
Read: New Start