UCL in the media
Volcano forecast 2019: Which volcanoes will erupt this year?
Emeritus Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences) says although for most volcanoes it is not possible to say if they will erupt this year, ‘restless’ volcanos such as Mount Etna or Hawaii's Kilauea are likely do something.
Brexit: 'Remainers are frozen to the spot'
In an opinion piece, Professor Ronan McCrea (UCL Laws) suggests that Remainers seem 'rooted to the spot' by recent developments and their indecisiveness could risk 'bringing about the hardest Brexit possible.'
Chemists' dirty secret
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) presents an investigation into the role that chemists have played in the development and production of chemical weapons.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Archive on 4' (from start). Read: Times (£)
New ovarian tissue freezing programme launched
Dr Paul Hardiman (UCL Institute for Women’s Health) comments on a new NHS scheme enabling women and girls about to embark on cancer therapy to preserve their fertility by freezing their own ovarian tissue.
Brexit: 'A crisis that risks the UK's political stability'
Professor Michael Grubb (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) asserts that MPs must be able to cast aside party affiliations and vote with their conscience over Brexit, if a crisis that threatens the UK’s political stability is to be avoided.
Cern plans even larger hadron collider for physics search
Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy), who is part of an international panel considering the future of particle physics in Europe, says the proposals for a more powerful successor to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN are very ambitious and very exciting.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Star, Daily Star (2), Times (£), Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Six O'Clock News' (from 24 mins 5 secs)
Private education investigated
Professor Francis Green (UCL Institute of Education), co-author of 'Engines of Privilege: Britain’s Private School Problem', analyses the British private school system and makes the case for change.
Read: Observer, Watch: BBC 'The Big Questions' (from 7 mins 27 secs)
Electric aeroplane to fly 'next year'
Professor Andreas Schafer (UCL Energy Institute) comments on Rolls Royce's plan to create and fly the fastest zero-emissions aircraft in the world next year.
Cognitive stimulation can protect against dementia
Dr Naaheed Mukadam (UCL Psychiatry) suggest that cognitive stimulation, such as going to museums or doing crossword puzzles, can be protective against dementia.
Brexit: PM's authority 'hangs by a thread'
Research by UCL's Constitution Unit is cited in an editorial exploring the ramifications of a defeat for the PM in this week's 'meaningful vote' on Brexit.