UCL in the media
Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat
Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs,” street-level vegetation or solar panels, finds Dr Oscar Brousse (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources).
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Embed impact in PhD training from day one, says UCL doctoral head
Elizabeth Halton (UCL Doctoral School) argues that doctoral students should be required to consider the potential impact of their research throughout their studies at the UK Council for Graduate Education’s annual conference.
Can the king vote, and does he have a role in elections?
Professor Jeff King (UCL Laws) explained that 'the rules relating to the power of members of the royal family to vote are regulated by constitutional convention and not by statute law.'
FBI offers $10 million reward for capture of Russian hacker
Professor Madeline Carr (UCL Computer Science) said the "destructive" nature of the attack – without a more "sophisticated ransomware motive" – leads her to believe that the attack was ideological in nature.
How Obama mentored the new UK prime minister to help him tell his story
Dr Tom Packer (UCL Political Science) expected Starmer's backstory had become a "theme of the campaign." He said it helped challenge the idea that all UK politicians come from a "posh background" without struggle.
UCL team records ground shaking at Taylor Swift concerts
UCL geophysicists, led by Professor Ana Ferreira & Dr Stephen Hicks (UCL Earth Sciences), installed seismometers around Wembley Park ahead of Taylor Swift’s Eras concerts in London and found that the opening night performance of ‘Love Story’ produced the strongest ground tremors.
Mexico has become a testing ground for psychedelic therapies
Ms Rosalind McAlpine (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) described psychedelics as “another thing in the toolbox rather than a miracle cure” in treating PTSD.
Antikythera mechanism’s purpose is studied using cosmic research tool
Professor Tony Freeth (UCL Mechanical Engineering) said: “Why put a second lunar calendar on the mechanism when you’ve already taken a lot of trouble to construct a lunar calendar of great accuracy and sophistication?”
‘Ineffectual’ and ‘snippy’: the rapid rise and stunning fall of Rishi Sunak
Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) responded to the last King’s Speech, saying: “He’s a fag-end prime minister [...] There wasn’t much left to do.”
Experts who reveal the eight 'hidden' symptoms that mean you're drinking too much
Dr Melissa Oldham (UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care) explains how the body metabolises alcohol later in the night.