UCL in the media
Sanctioning Goliath: why Russia's Gazprom remains out of reach
Dr Eugene Nivorozhkin (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies) explains some of the difficulties in placing sanctions on Russian gas company, Gazprom.
Read: US NewsBlessed are the poor? Clergy are the strongest in unfair societies
Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) looks at the relationship between social unfairness and religion.
Read: The Times (£)Could injections of young human blood help old people fight Alzheimer's?
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) comments on a study which has discovered that a chemical found in young blood can boost brains and strengthen withered muscles.
Read: Daily MailThe medical treatments the experts refuse to have themselves
Dr Joanna Moncrieff (UCL Psychiatry) contributes to an article on which treatments leading doctors and researchers would personally avoid.
Read: Daily MailLab animals 'treated better than elderly'
Professor Roger Lemon (UCL Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders) explains the need for scientists to disclose details on animal experiments.
Read: The Times (£)DNA 'satnav' can now pinpoint the village your ancestors once lived in
Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) describes a DNA test which claims to pinpoint the geographic region of a person's ancestors as: "interesting, but a very crude ad hoc technique".
Read: Daily MailThe Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Professor Margot Finn (UCL History) looks at how the East India Company benefited from its employees cohabiting with indigenous women.
Watch: BBC Two 'The Birth of Empire: The East India Company' (from 33 mins 8 secs)Spark of life: Metabolism appears in lab without cells
A study has found the processes of metabolism occurring spontaneously outside cells, Dr Matthew Powner (UCL Chemistry) describes the paper as having "really interesting connotations for the origins of life".
Read: New ScientistFrom research-led to research-based teaching
Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost) discusses plans to integrate research into every stage of undergraduate degrees at UCL, moving from research-led to research-based teaching.
Read: Research FortnightStem cell injections may take place of heart swaps
Researchers for the University of Washington have regenerated the damaged hearts of primates using human stem cells. Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) describes the findings as:"potentially very significant".
Read: Telegraph