UCL in the media
Why experts fear traffic pollution may be linked to a list of health problems
Professor Martin Bobak (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) comments on the association between air pollution and low birth weight.
Read: Daily MailSugar vs fat
Dr Chris van Tulleken (UCL Division of Infection and Immunity) takes part in an experiment to see whether fat or sugar is to blame for the obesity crisis.
Read: The ExpressThe 25 most international universities in the world
UCL has been named joint twelfth in the Times Higher Education's compilation of most international universities in the world:
Read: THENeil Kinnock's son joins succession of aspiring political offspring
Dr Meg Russell (UCL Department of Political Science) says the rigorous selection procedures of most constituency parties allow very little scope for nepotism or patronage in politics.
Read: GuardianHeart patients who could be saved in Sweden
British heart attack patients are a third more likely to die than those in Sweden, according to a study led by Professor Harry Hemingway (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health).
Read: Telegraph, More: UCL News, Times (£), Independent, BBC News, Daily Mail, Sky News, The Scotsman, The HeraldBuilding life from the bottom: Are underground cities the future?
Professor Matthew Carmona (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) discusses the possibility of subterranean living.
Read: MetroA revolutionary mission statement: improve the world
Dr Nicholas Maxwell (UCL Department of Science & Technology Studies) discusses the need for an academic revolution; applying enquiry and intellect to our biggest problems.
Read: THESupernova in Messier 82 discovered by UCL students
Students and staff at UCL's teaching observatory, the University of London Observatory, have spotted one of the closest supernova to Earth in recent decades.
Read: BBC News, More: UCL News, Daily Mail, Nature, Huffington Post, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The World Tonight' (from 21 mins)Giant leaps of evolution make cancer cells deadly
A study led by Professor Charles Swanson (UCL Research Department of Oncology) has found that tumours turn invasive in sudden leaps that can be explained genetically.
Read: New ScientistGoogle's home invasion
Dr George Danezis (UCL Department of Computer Science) argues that if Google launched a device that gathered data on electricity use in a home, they would be able to surmise a lot about residents.
Read: New Scientist