UCL in the media
Science 'X Factor' with big prize
The UCL-led FuturICT project to develop computing facilities capable of analysing data on a global scale is one of six pilot schemes vying for European funding worth more than €1 billion.
Watch: BBC World ServiceGrowing tensions between courts and MPs
Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit) analyses the tensions between courts and parliament which have recently been brought into focus by debate over the use of injunctions.
Listen: BBC Radio 4's 'Today'Ash cloud looms again over UK airspace
Professor Peter Sammonds (UCL Earth Sciences) discusses the eruption of Iceland's Grímsvötn volcano.
Watch: Channel 4 News (from 2min 40s), More coverage: ITV's 'News at Ten', LBC Radio,Brian Cox and the uncaged Monkeys: make 'em laugh? That's a joke
Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) looks at the science of laughter and argues that it can be very therapeutic, in the right setting.
Read: Daily TelegraphHow Dylan looks back to go forward
As Bob Dylan prepares to turn 70, Professor Philip Horne (UCL English Language & Literature) looks back over his musical career.
Read: Daily TelegraphThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language and Literature) looks at Mohsin Hamid's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist".
Read: The GuardianCrossing your arms 'relieves hand pain'
Crossing your arms reduces the intensity of pain you feel when receiving a painful stimulus on the hand, according to research by Dr Giandomenico Iannetti (UCL Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology).
Read: BBC News Online More coverage: Daily Telegraph, New Scientist, Reuters, Daily Mail, BBC London, Daily Express, The Australian, Boston Globe, China Daily, Times of India, Manchester Evening News,Custer's Last Stand
Professor Kathleen Burk and Dr Adam Smith (both UCL History) discuss the Great Sioux War of 1876-77 and Custer's Last Stand with Melvyn Bragg.
Listen: BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time'Is this the end of the car?
Professor David Metz (UCL Centre for Transport Studies) examines the possibility that car use in Britain has peaked and overall levels are set to decline.
Read: The IndependentParalysed man can stand and move his legs again
Commenting on a procedure which stimulates the spinal cord, Professor Geoffrey Raisman (UCL Institute of Neurology) says more trials are needed, warning: "This is not and does not claim to be a cure."
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