UCL in the media
Olympic effect? Primary school children fall behind on exercise
Research led by Professor Carol Dezateux (UCL Institute of Child Health) shows that half of the UK's 7 year-olds do not get enough exercise.
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A new study from scientists at Queen Mary University of London and University College London is giving gamers a good excuse to stay hooked on their latest vice.
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A "super Ivy League" - including UCL and LSE - of elite universities will break the dominance of Oxford and Cambridge in the race to recruit Britain's brightest students, a leading headmaster has predicted.
Read: The Times(£) More: The Times (£) Independent TelegraphNHS stop smoking services help 146,000 quit long-term
A team led by Robert West (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health ) examined the success of NHS services in combating smoking addictions.
Read: GuardianEight UK schools to take part in 'Internet of Things' pilot
UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis is taking part in The Internet of Things - which is expected to incorporate over a trillion connected objects by 2025, and generate up to $14.4 trillion in revenue by 2020, according to predictions by technology companies ARM and Cisco.
Read: The TelegraphSight dominates sound, in music competition judging
Dr Chia-Jung Tsay (UCL Management, Science & Innovation) said: "When it comes to live performance, the visual experience can be the most influential aspect."
Read: Telegraph More:Times(£) UCLNews LATimes Nature BBC NPR Australian Telegraph(2) Listen: BBCR4 (1hour 7mins)Ancient Egyptians made jewellery from meteorites
Researchers - including lead Prof Thilo Rehren (UCL Qatar) - used x-ray techniques to determine that they were meteoric iron and not magnetite.
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Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Faculty of Laws) talks to BBC Radio 4 about the change in age to be considered able to sit on a jury, saying it's "about making the system more representative".
Listen Today Programme: BBC Radio4 (from 2hours50mins)Daydreamers are distracted by everything
Daydreamers are easily distracted by irrelevant events around them, and not just by their own thoughts, claims new research from UCL and Sussex University.
Read: DailyMailMen's Beauty Lies in the Way of Usage of Genes
Lead researcher Professor Judith Mank (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) was of the view that sexual attractiveness is something that differs from person to person.
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