UCL in the media
Royal baby will keep the law makers busy
Professor Robert Hazell (Department of Political Science), says that: "The British Parliament has changed the law to ensure that the eldest child will succeed, whether a boy or a girl. But the law has not been brought into force."
Read: Evening StandardInside Science: Stem cell transplants
Professor of Laryngology, Martin Birchall, talks on BBC Radio 4 about the first ever clinical trial of organ replacement grown from stem cells.
Listen: Inside Science: BBC Radio 4Having divorced parents increases the risk of cancer and heart disease, experts warn
Dr Rebecca Lacey (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) suggests, "it is not parental divorce or separation per se which increased the risk of later inflammation but that it is other social disadvantages, such as how well the child does in education, which are triggered by having experienced parental divorce..."
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Dr Tim Beasley-Murray (UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies) says the root of the vampire legend goes right back to ancient Egypt and Greece.
Read: The GuardianWhy ignorant racists still flourish in multicultural Italy
Italy is changing - but the racist 'joke' made about minister Cécile Kyenge shows why progress is so painfully slow, says Professor John Foot (UCL Italian).
Read: GuardianUniversities vow to take more state school pupils
University College London plans to increase number of state school pupils from 65 per cent to 75 per cent over the next five years, under agreements with the Office of Fair Access.
Read: Daily MailBoard stiff? No surprise, he's a 181yr-old corpse
The 'spiritual founder' of UCL can usually be found in a cabinet in a university corridor. But he was moved earlier this week to mark the last council meeting attended by retiring provost Sir Malcolm Grant.
Read: Metro More: UCL NewsHope for MS sufferers as study discovers 'salt overload' triggers
Dr David Paling's (UCL Institute of Neurology) study suggests that sodium accumulation in the nerves of the brain is one of the major factors in multiple sclerosis.
Read: London Evening StandardSmoking and drinking heavily slows down brain
Dr Gareth Hagger-Johnson's (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) recent research suggests the brains of smokers who were also heavy drinkers age prematurely.
Read: Sky News More: UCL News Huffington Post Medscape News-Medical Business StandardSpeedy tsunami seen on Sun's surface
Dr David Long (UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics) reacts to satellites picking up a "tsunami" spreading on the surface of the Sun.
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