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"I wanted to see how people use their brain when their actually navigating through those streets," said Dr Hugo Spiers (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences).
Listen: BBC Radio 4's Today (from 1 hour 54 mins) More: BBC NewsAmniotic fluid may heal a fatal gut disease that affects premature babies
"This is the first time we have shown that amniotic fluid stem cells can repair damage in the intestines," said Dr Paolo De Coppi (UCL Institute of Child Health).
Read: BBC More: Scotsman French Tribune Business StandardUK risks time bomb of untreatable TB
Professor Ali Zumla (UCL Department of Infection) says: "TB is a time bomb. If you don't curtail it now it will be out of control."
Read: Independent Watch: Voice of America More: Express Health 24 BBC News Indian Express Vibe Ghana Sun South China Morning Post Straits Times (£) Daily NationWhat side do you dress on?
Professor Chris McManus (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) has discovered that just a fifth of 21st-century men claim to follow the trouser seam precisely. Of the others, by a ratio of two to one, they hang to the left.
Read: Times (£)Evidence and education: It's not about Gove vs Marx
If Gove says he wants evidence, his challenge should be taken up. He should get it. And he should accept that some of it might not confirm his prejudices, writes Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy).
Read: GuardianSecond cyber security institute launched
Teams from six universities, including UCL, will make up the UK's second cyber security research institute. The academic research institute, which will be hosted by Imperial College London, will investigate new ways of reducing computer software's vulnerability to cyber threats. The first academic research institute in cyber security, based at UCL, opened in October last year.
Read: THENeuroaesthetics is killing your soul
Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Institute of Neuroesthetics) says: "It is only by understanding the neural laws that dictate human activity in all spheres - in law, morality, religion and even economics and politics, no less than in art - that we can ever hope to achieve a more proper understanding of the nature of man."
Read: NatureUCL Professor shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Award
Professor Usha Menon (UCL Women's Cancer) is shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Award. She is one of Britain's foremost specialists in gynaecological cancer.
Read: IndependentParkinson's drug 'helps' the elderly think younger
Dr Rumana Chowdhury (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience), who led the study, said: "We found that when we treated older people who were particularly bad at making decisions with a drug that increases dopamine in the brain, their ability to learn from rewards improved to a level comparable to somebody in their twenties and enabled them to make better decisions."
Read: Daily Mail More: SagaWelcome to Friday frolics, team building at its best
We need to take under-performing teams and sprinkle some magic dust on them so that they become happy, healthy and productive, writes Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology).
Read: Sunday Times (£)