UCL in the media
Sleeping pills taken by millions linked to Alzheimer's
Professor John Hardy (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) comments on a study which claims to have found an association between benzodiazepines and Alzheimer's disease.
Sibling bullying increases depression risk
Researchers from UCL, the University of Oxford, the University of Warwick and Bristol University have found that children regularly bullied by siblings are at a higher risk of depression later in life.
, ,The $6M Man blurs the line between living and non-living
Following his talk at the British Science Festival, Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) explains how the boundary between living and inanimate is becoming increasingly blurred.
Lab made propane
Dr Chris Grant (UCL Biochemical Engineering) explains how genetically engineered bacteria can be used to produce propane in the lab.
'Pocket' diagnosis for Parkinson's
Dr Anette-Eleonore Schrag (UCL Clinical Neuroscience) comments on the diagnostic value of new smartphone technology which aims to supplement traditional clinical assessments of Parkinson's disease.
When fiction comes to the historian's rescue
Professor Lisa Jardine (UCL Centre for Editing Lives & Letters) explores how fiction can be more useful than fact in helping us understand the past.
,Qatari investment gives London developments a fillip
Professor Peter Bishop (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) says Qatari investments in major London developments are having a beneficial impact on improving areas of capital such as the South Bank and the East End.
Epigenetics: genes, environment and the generation game
Professor Marcus Pembrey (UCL Institute of Child Health) explains what is meant by the term epigenetics.
Argentine dinosaur may shed light on huge beasts
Dr Paul Upchurch (UCL Earth Sciences) explains how the newly found massive Dreadnoughtus (fearing nothing) dinosaur in Argentina isÌývaluable to scientists due to the combination of its huge size and completeness of its skeleton.Ìý
,Ìý,Ìý,ÌýDementia doctor's £900,000 boost
UCL Brain Sciences' Dr Selina Wray is named 'pioneer of the year' at the Women of the Year Awards and will use the winnings to fund a stem cell study finding ways of slowing or stopping conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
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