UCL in the media
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 (£)Bionic humans
Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) talks about the future of bionic engineering.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' (from 16 minutes 10 seconds)Cancer's gender divide
Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones (UCL Institute of Child Health) discusses the possibilities why there is a higher prevalence of childhood cancer in boys than in girls.
Read: Sunday Times'Mars yard' to test European rover
Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) discusses the PanCam imaging system for the new ExoMars rover.
Read: BBC NewsHorizon: Living with Autism
On the eve of National Autism Day, BBC Horizon reveals how Professor Uta Frith's (UCL Cognitive Neuroscience) lifetime study of people with autism has transformed our understanding of this mysterious condition.
Watch: BBC Two 'Horizon: Living with Autism'World Thinkers 2014: Wendy Carlin
Professor Wendy Carlin (UCL Economics) has been named one of the top 50 World Thinkers for 2014 by Prospect Magazine.
Read: Prospect Magazine