UCL in the media
Covid cases still rising and could go higher later in the summer, scientists warn
Professor Christina Pagel (UCL Mathematics) asks: “I think it is unarguable that Scotland is seeing a very large Covid wave and, very likely, England too. The question is what happens when people return to school and work in September in England and life moves back indoors?”
Autism study finds link with plastic exposure during pregnancy
More needs to be done to understand dangerous substances thwarting hormone production during child development, argues Professor David Skuse (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health).
Tim Walz as VP makes Pennsylvania a 'tougher race' for Kamala Harris
"Pennsylvania isn't out of reach for Harris, but there's no doubt it just became a lot more challenging to win," says Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
What do the riots say about Britain?
The past week of racist riots in the UK has been a disturbing time for Britain’s minority communities and has "fundamentally been a failure of the political class", explains Dr Ashraf Hoque (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society).
Meet Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s Democratic running mate
Kamala Harris has officially announced Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her Democratic running mate, but are they an election-winning partnership? Visiting Professor Andrew Rudalevige (UCL Political Science) shares his insights on the latest developments in the US election.
Listen: Evening Standard ‘The Standard Podcast’ (from 1 min 36 secs)
Alzheimer's breakthrough as Parkinson's drug surprise teases new treatment
Dopamine treatment may alleviate symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study led by Dr Naoto Watamura, honorary research fellow in the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, which may point towards the repurposing of a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease.
Could we take the entire solar system on a voyage through space?
To transport our planet across the universe, Professor Jay Farihi (UCL Physics & Astronomy) discusses whether we would need to bring the whole solar system to sustain life on Earth.
Listen: New Scientist ‘Dead Planets Society Podcast’ (from start)
Girls more anxious about climate change than boys
Girls are more likely to worry about climate change and engage more in teaching on the topic than boys, according to research led by UCL academics including Professor Nicola Walshe (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society).
Read: Euronews, More: The New Feminist, Dailyhunt (India), Scientias (Netherlands), Nordot (Japan), Phys.org, Earth.com, Thred, Meteo Giornale (Italy), Greek Reporter, Yahoo! News Malaysia, UCL News
Rare orchids and bees are thriving on London’s green rooftops
“By transpiring - that's by sweating as we do - plants emit more heat into that form of latent heat, the heat that you can't perceive, so it's water vapour basically,” explains Dr Oscar Brousse (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources).
Climate change leading to lack of wasps across the UK
Based on what we've seen this spring and summer, there are not only fewer wasps around but also fewer insects as a whole, explains PhD student Iona Cunningham-Eurich (UCL Biosciences).