UCL in the media
Twickenham warms to Billy Twelvetrees - a name we'll remember
Professor Paul Longley (UCL Geography) comments that people with the surname Twelvetrees are very rare.
Read: TelegraphThe bits of your body that Nature got wrong
Professor Anthony Wright (UCL Ear Institute) comments that our sensitive hearing and narrow tubes can lead to ear problems.
Read: Daily MailThe terror of tweeting: social medium or academic message?
The mismatch between some academics and social media is not so much fear of technology, but concerns over losing control, says Professor Claire Warwick (UCL Centre for Digital Humanities).
Read: GuardianCould the NUS be ruled by a rod?
Samuel Gaus, a student officer at UCL, has entered "an inanimate carbon rod" in this year's NUS presidential ballot.
Read: GuardianJamaica breaks ground on pilot project to possibly extract rare-earth elements from red mud
Professor Paul Henderson (UCL Earth Sciences) comments on a pilot project investigating whether rare-earth elements can be commercially extracted from bauxite waste. "Not all bauxites will have much in the way of rare earths," said Professor Henderson in an email.
Read: Washington Post More: The China PostFunding for UK research could be at risk
Professor Malcolm Grant, President and Provost of UCL is among the list of signatures on a letter to the Financial Times. The letter warns that EU research funding "risks being slashed to preserve structural funds and agricultural subsidies".
Read: Financial Times (£) More: Financial Times (£) Times Higher Education'Bionic man' surprises roboticists
Professor Alexander Seifalian (UCL Centre for Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine) talks about his involvement in building a bionic man complete with working artificial organs, synthetic blood and functioning limbs.
Watch: BBC News More: Financial Times (£) Times of IndiaGloomy outlook in Blighty keeps expats far away
"It doesn't surprise me that the dark outlook for the UK economy at the moment would put people off coming back, and fears of a triple-dip recession can seem even worse from abroad," said Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL Economics).
Read: The Times (£)Forget 50 shades - for really dominant men, read Austen
Austen wrote in an age that was as entranced as our own with smooth-talking rakes and alluring sadists, says Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature).
Read: Daily MailSuper Bowl XLVII overshadowed by suicides and NFL brain injury lawsuits
"Your brain... gets bruised on the front and back as it bangs backwards and forwards and the nerve fibres get sheared as well. That causes immediate damage and that sometimes leads to obvious concussion," says Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology).
Read: Metro