UCL in the media
Portugal's PM cancels Christmas
Dr Neill Lochery (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) discusses the potential ramifications of Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's public spending cuts.
Read: Wall Street Journal (£)Beauty lies in the medial orbito cortex of the beholder
A region at the front of the brain 'lights up' when we experience beauty in a piece of art or music, according to new research led by Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Cell and Developmental Biology)
Read: Wellcome Trust press release More: Daily Mail, The ScotsmanA chance to meet real live scientists
This week's Royal Society Summer Science Live Exhibition features exhibits by UCL scientists.
Read: The Guardian More: Royal Society, New ScientistWho was Maria Edgeworth?
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language and Literature) discusses the life, work and legacy of eighteenth century author Maria Edgeworth.
Listen: BBC Radio 4's Woman's HourSurgeons carry out first synthetic windpipe transplant
Professor Alexander Seifalian (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) and his team designed and built the synthetic windpipe 'scaffold' used in an operation announced today.
Read: UCL press release More coverage: BBC News Online, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Daily TelegraphShould I test my genes? The price of life
Professor Steve Humphries (UCL Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics) highlights the increased risk of heart disease associated with familial hypercholesterolemia and explains how sufferers could be identified and treated.
Watch: BBC 2's Should I Test My Genes (from 38mins 14s)Beauty in every grain
Stunning photography by UCL alumnus Professor Gary Greenberg reveals the beauty of individual grains of sand.
Read: Daily Mail, More coverage: MetroMapping for Change
Mapping for Change, a social enterprise partnership between UCL and London 21 Sustainability Network, enables grassroots organisations to engage with the public on a range of issues, from local environmental inequalities to community action to tackle climate change.
Read: GEO:connexionWhy university admissions are a lottery
Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy) writes that even in this age of the intrusion of market discipline into higher education, the area of university admissions has remained remarkably resistant to close scrutiny.
Read: The Guardian'Warning shot fired' over contempt of court
Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Laws) discusses whether media coverage prejudices the decisions of juries.
Listen: BBC Radio 4's Today (from 2mins 12s)