UCL in the media
DNA 'satnav' can now pinpoint the village your ancestors once lived in
Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) describes a DNA test which claims to pinpoint the geographic region of a person's ancestors as: "interesting, but a very crude ad hoc technique".
The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Professor Margot Finn (UCL History) looks at how the East India Company benefited from its employees cohabiting with indigenous women.
Spark of life: Metabolism appears in lab without cells
A study has found the processes of metabolism occurring spontaneously outside cells, Dr Matthew Powner (UCL Chemistry) describes the paper as having "really interesting connotations for the origins of life".
From research-led to research-based teaching
Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost)Ìýdiscusses plans to integrate research into every stage of undergraduate degrees at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË, moving from research-led to research-based teaching.
Stem cell injections may take place of heart swaps
Researchers for the University of Washington have regenerated the damaged hearts of primates using human stem cells. Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) describes the findings as:"potentially very significant".
Street robberies
Following two recent street robberies in Birmingham, Lisa Tompson (UCL Security & Crime Science) discusses the nature of street robberies, who is most likely to be targeted and the effect they have on victims.
Stress in mice and men
Dr Clare Stanford (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology) talks about research showing that mice become more stressed in the presence of male researchers and so have a higher pain threshold.
What can brain imaging tell us?
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) and Dr Molly Crockett (UCL Institute of Neurology) talk about the value and limitations of fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging.
It's even cheaper being green
Chemistry laboratories are resource-intensive places, Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) discusses some of the initiatives undertaken by UCL Chemistry to improve sustainability in the laboratories.
Comics Unmasked - Art and Anarchy in the UK
Dr Jason Dittmer (UCL Geography) reviews the British Library exhibition, Comics Unmasked - Art and Anarchy in the UK, and looks at the way graphic novels have entertained, shocked and amused readers for over two hundred years.