UCL in the media
Big drugmakers think small with nanomedicine deals
"We will see parallel development of different materials, each offering something different therapeutically," said Professor Kostas Kostarelos (UCL Pharmaceutics).
Read: Yahoo News Health 24Tailored pedagogy
Psychologists from Goldsmiths, University of London, University College London and Siberia's Tomsk State University argue that the creation of a "genetic profile" for each student with a learning disability such as dyslexia or dyscalculia could vastly improve training for school psychologists, clinicians and teachers dealing with such students.
Read: THEUniversity of London's student union faces abolition and loss of building
"What's happened is that the review group has acted as cover for the university doing what some people in the university probably wanted to do all along," said ULU president Michael Chessum (UCL History).
Read: Guardian More: Guardian (2) Huffington PostFrom Greenland to Mount Everest, this is the season of reckless jaunts
The risk theorist John Adams of UCL has long championed what is known as the Peltzman effect, whereby people behave less cautiously where they feel more protected and vice versa. He says: "Everyone has a risk thermostat, and may adjust it to the risk level he likes, regardless of the experts' best efforts to decrease the risk".
Read: GuardianThe Cold Truth About Emotional Investing
New research from Professor David Tuckett (UCL Psychology) and Professor Richard Taffler (Warwick Business School) suggests that emotions play an inevitable part in all investing, by amateurs and pros alike.
Read: WSJCreating new schools of thought
"The advantage of having an academy of our own is that we can build a truly deep relationship, in which every day there would be some type of contact going on between UCL and the [school]," said Professor Michael Worton (UCL International Vice Provost).
Read: THE More: THE (2)BPP to offer free qualifications to its LPC grads without law jobs
"It is good to see them thinking about the students, worried no doubt by continuing softness in the market," said Professor Richard Moorhead (UCL Laws).
Read: Legal Week More: Legal Week (2)Disputed results a fresh blow for social psychology
Professor David Shanks (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences) is lead author on a paper that reports failure to replicated intelligence priming experiments.
Read: Nature12 children in Everest trek for intensive care experiment
"The testing we are doing is a world first, because at high altitudes we can isolate the effect of low oxygen on otherwise healthy children," said Dr Mark Peters (UCL Institute of Child Health).
Read: Evening Standard Medical News TodayThe Mafia's Secret Bunkers
Author and mafia historian Professor John Dickie (UCL Italian) uncovers the truth about Italy's most powerful mafia, the 'Ndrangheta', believed to be Europe's biggest cocaine traffickers.
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