UCL in the media
Ancient Egyptians made jewellery from meteorites
Researchers - including leadÌýProf Thilo Rehren (UCL Qatar) -Ìýused x-ray techniques to determine that they were meteoric iron and not magnetite.Ìý
Legal changes to jury service
ProfessorÌýCheryl Thomas (UCL Faculty of Laws) talks to BBC Radio 4 about the change in age to be considered able to sit on a jury, saying it's "about making the system more representative".Ìý
Daydreamers are distracted by everything
Daydreamers are easily distracted by irrelevant events around them, and not just by their own thoughts, claims new research from UCL and Sussex University.
Men's Beauty Lies in the Way of Usage of Genes
Lead researcher Professor Judith Mank (UCLÌýGenetics, Evolution and Environment)Ìýwas of the view that sexual attractiveness is something that differs from person to person.
Dr enlists Dr No to help unearth movie memories
On Sunday 15th September ÌýDr Matthew Jones (UCL History) Ìýwill join local film fans for a screening of one British cinema's biggest hits from the decade, the first James Bond filmÌýDoctor No, and inviting the audience to share memories of going to the flicks in the 1960s either in Inverness or further afield.
Feeding the detectives
Dr Lucia Rinaldi (UCL Italian) joins Dan Saladino to look at how food has increasingly become a big ingredient in crime fiction.
If b=bread, c=cheese and t=time, what is the point of all these formulae?
Dr Nick Ovenden (UCL Mathematics) said, "They distort perceptions of what proper mathematical research is about."Ìý
If the PM doesn't hit the brakes, his legacy will be one of the biggest white elephants in history
Prof John Tomaney - UCL Bartlett School of Planning - has pointed out that high-speed trains in South Korea and Japan have tended to reinforce, rather than dilute, the economic dominance of the two respective capitals, Seoul and Tokyo.Ìý
Parallel sparking: Many chips make light work
Dr Peter Bentley (UCL Computer Science) says that his new machine is inspired by biological networks like the brain, in which billions of neurons are each wired up to thousands of others.
Mysterious magnetic star reveals its hidden power
Dr Silvia Zane (UCLÌýDepartment of Space and Climate Physics) said,Ìý"This magnetar has a strong magnetic field inside it, but it is hidden beneath the surface. The only way you can detect that is to find a flaw on the surface, where the concealed magnetic field can leak out..."