UCL in the media
Brexit: vote of confidence
Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Political Science) comments on the vote of confidence in PM Theresa May.
Memes and the alt-right
Associate Professor Emiliano De Cristofaro (UCL Computer Science) discusses how internet memes have been co-opted by the alt-right to propagate their political agenda in the USA.
UK scientists find link between Alzheimer’s and surgery
A study led by Professor John Collinge (UCL Institute of Prion Diseases) found new evidence of amyloid pathology transmission, related to Alzheimer’s disease, in lab mice and historic medical treatments. Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL) comments.
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Study finds high levels of depression among LGBQ teenagers
A study led by Dr Gemma Lewis (UCL Psychiatry) has found lesbian, gay and bisexual people are more prone to depressive symptoms from as young as 10 years old, and are more likely to self-harm. Co-authors Dr Alexandra Pitman and Professor Glyn Lewis (UCL Psychiatry) also comment.
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MRI prostate cancer screening test will be offered to all men at risk
A new MRI prostate cancer screening test will now be available throughout the NHS, “bringing an end to the postcode lottery in the UK in terms of MRI provision,” said Professor Mark Emberton (UCL Medical Sciences), who pioneered the technology.
Was Stonehenge built by cow power?
A new study by Dr Jane Gaastra (UCL Institute of Archaeology) and Dr Marc Vander Linden (formerly of UCL, now of Cambridge University), has found that cattle were being used to pull heavy loads as early as 6,000 BCE - almost 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.
The benefits of sex for older adults
A new study co-led by Dr Sarah Jackson (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) has highlighted the health benefits of an active sex life among older people.
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Advances in scanning offer hope of better treatments
A new MRI scanning technique which could transform scientists’ understanding of MS (multiple sclerosis) will provide "a very good indication of potential causes of progression," said lead researcher Professor Claudia Wheeler-Kingshott (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology).
New life forms found deep underground
Professor Eric Oelkers (UCL Earth Sciences) was among a team of scientists from UCL, Oxford and Bristol universities to discover so-called 'zombie' bacteria and other new life forms deep underground, suggesting life on earth may have originated there.
Cancelling Brexit discussed
Professor Piet Eeckhout (UCL Laws) discusses the ruling by the European Court of Justice that the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other EU member states.
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