UCL in the media
The future of Russia: Closing Doors
Alena Ledeneva (UCL Social Sciences) has writted a book, Can Russia Modernise?. In her book she explains the difference between blat, low-level corruption in which the economy runs on an exchange of favours, and the full-blown sistema of the modern Kremlin.
Read: EconomistMindscapes: Stroke turned ex-con into rhyming painter
Ten days after having a subarachnoid haemorrhage - a stroke caused by bleeding in and around the brain - Tommy McHugh, an ex-con who'd been in his fair share of scraps, became a new man, with a personality that nobody recognised. Professor Mark Lythgoe (UCL Metabolism & Experimental Therapeutics) performed a neuropsychological evaluation on Tommy.
Read: New ScientistHow Samantha Cameron's ancestor received fortune after slavery was banned
Researchers have discovered that one of Samantha Cameron's ancestors was a slave owner who received the equivalent of millions of pounds as compensation from the British government when the trade in humans was abolished. The discovery was made by UCL researchers examining the records of the Slave Compensation Commission, which was set up to manage the £20 million fund.
Read: Telegraph More: Daily MailCan we reverse the rising tide of compulsory admissions?
The UK has achieved some success in shifting mental health care but compulsory admissions have risen steadily over the past two decades, writes Professor Sonia Johnson (UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit).
Read: LancetSmall rise in rubella cases triggers warning
"Rubella has been at an all time low, but last year there was a real small rise in circulating rubella, although this was mostly imported cases," said Dr Pat Tookey (UCL Institute of Child Health).
Read: BMJInternational Space Station has leaky pump
"I don't believe it's particularly serious, at least the astronauts aren't in any direct danger," said Dr Geraint Jones (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory).
Listen: BBC Radio 4's Today (from 40 mins) More: Sky News (no link)Pear shaped nucleus found
"We can use these weirdly shaped nuclei to test matter-antimatter asymmetry," said Professor John Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy).
Listen: BBC Radio 4's Material World (from 14 mins)Skateboarders form village green preservation society for Southbank
Professor Iain Borden (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) comments on attempts to declare the skate park at the Southbank Centre a village green in response to plans to redevelop it into retail units.
Read: Guardian More: Sunday People (no link)What Happens In Your Brain When You Inhibit Emotions?
Professor Patrick Haggard (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) co-author of the paper said: "Most studies of emotion processing in the brain simply assume that people passively receive emotional stimuli, and automatically feel the corresponding emotion. In contrast, the area we have identified may contribute to some individuals' ability to rise above particular emotional situations."
Read: Medical Daily More: UCL NewsUK's Olympic Park wants £1bn UCL project
Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, and the owners of the Olympic Park are preparing to woo University College London to build its £1bn "University Quarter" on the former site of the Games.
Read: FT