UCL in the media
The AI doctor won’t see you now
Professor Geraint Rees, Dean of UCL Life Sciences, describes how the NHS, in partnership with universities and commercial partners, can adapt to the challenge of creating a new generation of AI-using doctors.
What a failed project tells us about mega cities in Africa
Frances Brill (UCL Geography) describes the lessons from the failed Modderfontein New City project in Johannesburg, which was launched with much fanfare but never built.
Was February’s heatwave a result of climate change?
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) argues that February’s extreme warm spell is evidence of a more variable British climate caused by retreating sea ice in the Arctic.
Alien species to blame for hundreds of extinctions
UCL researchers led by Professor Tim Blackburn (UCL Biosciences) have found that invasive species have wiped out more than 100 types of animal and plant in the past 500 years, and are the main cause of extinctions.
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Cities seek to dispel mafia reputation
Professor John Dickie (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) comments on how attitudes to the mafia in Sicily have transformed since the 1980s.
Can our immune system be used against Alzheimer’s disease?
Professor Nick Fox (UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL) describes research seeking to use the body’s own immune system to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that interventions may come too late in terms of disease progression to be effective.
Hogarth paintings united for first time
Emeritus Professor David Bindman (UCL History of Art) is curating an exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum that brings together Hogarth’s paintings for the first time.
Can a new drug stop or slow Huntington's disease?
Professor Sarah Tabrizi (UCL Institute of Neurology) talks about a major UCL trial starting this year of a new drug that reduces levels of the protein causing Huntington's disease.
UK’s progress on carbon cutting starts to slow
Commenting on a slowdown of the UK’s carbon emissions cuts, Professor Michael Grubb (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) suggests that future reductions of emissions will be politically harder to achieve.
Why do we see the moon during the day?
Professor Lucie Green (UCL Space & Climate Physics) explains that the moon is visible during the daytime when its orbit places it between the sun and the Earth.
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