UCL in the media
Alzheimer's test may detect it 20 years before symptoms
"These findings question our models of Alzheimer's disease on several fronts," says Professor Nick Fox (UCL Neurodegenerative Diseases). "They suggest that neurodegenerative changes occur over 20 years before symptom onset."
Read: Telegraph More: Daily Express BBC News CBS News NY TimesIn pictures: Magic materials
Dr Zoe Laughlin (UCL Museums and Public Engagement) talks about the Institute of Making, and the Materials Library.
Read: Wired UKThe US Election
Dr Adam Smith (UCL History) talks about the US Election, and examines how close the outcome will be.
Listen: BBC R4 Today (from 1hr 50m) More: BBC R5 Live (from 2hr 5m)Why you should never trust 'the facts'
Professor Kate Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) talks about two citizen science projects which can help save the UK's ash trees, and also help classify bat calls by searching an audio database.
Listen: Guardian Science WeeklyThe What If Machine: Assassins
Drs Adam Smith, Benet Salway and Antonio Sennis (UCL History) talk about how archetypal assassins in video games compare with those from antiquity.
Watch: GameSpot'Scots are being asked to buy a pig in a poke'
"The Scots are being asked to buy a pig in a poke. The easiest analogy would be someone deciding to buy a house they liked the look of, but without knowing the exact price," says Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit). Read: Scotsman (no link)
More: IndependentForget the guilt, just spend your cash on childcare, says top scientist
"Spend every penny you've got on getting proper childcare, because... [it] is something that holds these high-flying women back", says Professor Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience).
Read: IndependentTerracotta Army makers beat Toyota by 2,200 years
Craftsmen who armed the Terracotta Army 2,200 years ago may have developed a pioneering production system similar to the one used by the car maker Toyota, according to research by Dr Marcos Martinón-Torres (UCL Institute of Archaeology) and colleagues.
Read: Independent More: Irish Times UCL News THE Washington PostAcademics make pub pitches for charity
Researchers at UCL got a chance to raise money for a wide range of charitable projects this week - by pitching their ideas in a pub and getting the audience to vote for them.
Read: THEMore Than £1 Billion Goes to U.K. Research
Funding from the U.K. Research Partnership Investment Fund will enable UCL to create a centre to study rare diseases in children.
Read: International Herald Tribune