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Eurozone in crisis
Professor Costas Meghir (UCL Economics) comments on the economic crisis currently gripping Greece.
Watch: BBC 2's Daily Politics Show (from 9m 42s), Watch: BBC News' World Business Report (from 2m 24s), More coverage: BBC News' Business Today, BBC Radio WalesEdward St Aubyn at the Guardian Book Club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English), on Edward St Aubyn's appearance at the Guardian Book Club to discuss Mother's Milk.
Read: The GuardianChicken or fish? It will say something about you
In his regular column, Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Psychology) assesses the value of the increasing use of the catch-phrase technique to measure candidates' attitudes at interviews. Read: Sunday Times
Soldier regrows blasted leg muscle
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) comments on the 'significant' report that a soldier whose leg muscles were destroyed in Afghanistan has been able to walk again following radical new therapy.
Read: Sunday TimesVoicebox transplant trials in UK get go-ahead
Professor Martin Birchall (UCL Ear Institute) has two British patients lined up after being given the green light by the Royal College of Surgeons to begin trials leading to the UK's first voicebox transplant.
Read: Guardian, More coverage: Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, ScotsmanIPCC asks scientists to assess geo-engineering climate solutions
Professor Catherine Redgewell (UCL Laws) will be advising the IPCC on the appropriate governance structures for the use of geo-engineering to reduce carbon emissions.
Read: The GuardianCampus anti-terror warning is threat to freedom of speech
UCL Provost Malcolm Grant has warned the Government against playing "fast and loose with the rule of law" on free speech and academic freedom, following publication of the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy.
Read: The Times (£) More: THEDNA test for bogus refugees scrapped as expensive flop
UCL's Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) says it is surprising that plans to use DNA tests to determine the nationality of asylum seekers got off the ground given their scientific flaws.
Read: The Times (£)Syphilis testing could dramatically cut baby deaths
Dr Sarah Hawkes (UCL Institute of Child Health) leads new research showing that hundreds of thousands of babies' lives could be saved each year if pregnant women were screened for syphilis.
Read: BBC News Online, More coverage: Reuters, GuardianBig ideas that will transform lives
UCL scientists are among those included in a new report today from Universities UK to mark Universities Week, highlighting university research with the potential to change the way we live.
Read: Mirror More: Metro, The Engineer
