UCL in the media
The hospital growing noses, tear ducts and blood vessels
A team led by Professor Alexander Seifalian (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) is working on growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory using stem cells.
Read: Daily Mail, More: CBS, Fox News, The Hindu, WiredChinese ship 'picks up 11th-hour ping'
Professor Hugh Griffiths (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering) describes the discovery of an underwater pulse signal in the Indian Ocean as "potentially very significant" in the search for flight MH370.
Read: Times (£)Bionic revolution 'will keep us active well into old age'
Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) discusses the future of biomedical engineering and how it will transform our old age.
Read: Times (£), More: The Australian (£)The Big Questions
Oliver Marsh (UCL Science & Technology Studies) debates whether or not we should have more faith in science on BBC One's 'The Big Questions'.
Watch: BBC One 'The Big Questions' (from 54 minutes 36 seconds)Elite athletes and oral hygiene
Professor Ian Needleman (UCL Eastman Dental Institute) says that 'where the difference between elite athletes is small, oral health could make a difference in their performance'.
Listen: BBC Radio Five Live 'Saturday Breakfast' (from 1 hour 2 minutes)Muscle paralysis eased by light-sensitive stem cells
A team co-led by Professor Linda Greensmith (UCL Neurology) has found that flashes of light can be used to stimulate modified neurons and restore movement to paralysed muscles.
Read: Daily Mail, More: New Scientist, UCL News, Watch: ReutersThe Country Formerly Known as London
Professor Yvonne Rydin, Professor John Tomaney and Michael Edwards (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) feature in 'The Country Formerly Known as London' - a despatch from the future, sketching out the contours of an independent London in 2030.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The Country Formerly Known as London' (from 11 minutes 43 seconds)Game of Thrones: why hasn't Westeros had an industrial revolution?
Peter Antonioni (UCL Management Science and Innovation) looks at the differences in industrial development between Westeros, the primary location of HBO's Game of Thrones, and Western Europe of the middle ages.
Read: The Conversation, More: The Times (£), The Australian (£)How to cheat a psychometric test
Professor Tomas Chamorro Premuzic (UCL Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology) looks at the disadvantages of using psychometric testing in employment selection.
Read: Financial Tines (£)Wales considers ban on e-cigarette smoking in public
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health) says: "The growth on e-cigarette use in England, where we have very good data, has been accompanied by an increase in rates of stopping smoking".
Read: The Times (£)