UCL in the media
Will McDowall on wind farms
Will McDowall (UCL Energy Institute) talks on BBC Radio 5, discussing off shore wind farms - following a visit by Nick Clegg to Grimsby yesterday to open a new wind farm off the coast of Lincolnshire.
Listen: 5Live (from 1hour20mins)Are we going back to Downton Abbey justice?
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) suggests, "As we approach the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, we are in danger of celebrating it by ripping up centuries of commitment to basic rights and principles."
Read: Daily TelegraphThe women who risked death from cancer to save their unborn babies.
Dr Martin Widschwendter (Department of Women's Cancer), says: " Today we are confident to tell pregnant cancer patients that chemotherapy during pregnancy after their first trimester is a safe option."
Read: Daily MailScience Museum preserves Shipping Galleries with virtual model
The Science Museum - in collaboration with UCL - has unveiled a 3D virtual model, created from 2 billion laser measurements, which will preserve its Shipping Galleries in forensic detail. Read:
DesignWeek More: DigitalArts ScienceMuseumAre we going back to Downton Abbey justice?
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) suggests, "As we approach the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, we are in danger of celebrating it by ripping up centuries of commitment to basic rights and principles..." Read:
DailyTelegraphThe women who risked death from cancer to save their unborn babies.
Dr Martin Widschwendter (Department of Women's Cancer), says: " Today we are confident to tell pregnant cancer patients that chemotherapy during pregnancy after their first trimester is a safe option." Read:
DailyMail£3.2 million grant for Chair of Palliative and End of Life Care at UCL
Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of Faculty of Brain Sciences said: "This exciting development will enable the Faculty of Brain Sciences to build on the pioneering research of the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit and make further significant impact for patients, carers and their families." Read:
ScienceBusinessTeeth made from urine stem cells? Prof remains unmoved
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Department of Biochemical Engineering) said human urine was a poor starting point. "It is probably one of the worst sources, there are very few cells in the first place and the efficiency of turning them into stem cells is very low."
Read: TheWeekArchaeologists mapping St Albans' Roman history
Academics - including Kris Lockyear - from University College London (UCL) are using archaeological geophysics as part of a week-long course to survey and chart archaeology underground without having to excavate. Read:
HertsAdvertiserArchaeology: The milk revolution
This two-step milk revolution may have been a prime factor in allowing bands of farmers and herders from the south to sweep through Europe and displace the hunter-gatherer cultures that had lived there for millennia. "They spread really rapidly into northern Europe from an archaeological point of view," says Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment)
Read: Nature