UCL in the media
New POST section emphasises political trend toward social sciences
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) is creating a social science section to build up its expertise in the discipline. The head of the social science section will be a senior research associate at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË on a three-year secondment to POST.
London leads way but overhaul needed first
London franchises the bus service to various operators with strict control over service levels. "I think there's general agreement that the London model... has worked brilliantly," said Sir Peter Hall (UCL Bartlett School of Planning).
Sustainability: Choose satellites to monitor deforestation
Illegal logging threatens tropical forests and carbon stocks. Governments must work together to build an early warning system, say a group of academics including Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography).
Goldman Sachs: The American bank giving British small business a lift
UCL is one of the partner universities in the Goldman Sachs "10,000 Small Businesses" programme.
Nanotechnology: striking a balance between glorification and 'grey goo'
Emerging fields such as nanotechnology must resist the false dichotomy that says they're either marvellous or demonic, writes Professor Kostas Kostarelos (»Ê¼Ò»ªÈËanomedicine).
Goldman Partner to Help Raise Funds for Crick Institute
Charles Manby, a senior partner at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., will lead a 100 million-pound ($152 million) fundraising campaign for the Francis Crick Institute, which will be Europe's largest biomedical research center.
Beat the bookies by training your brain to be as accurate as a computer
"Unlike machine systems, people's decisions are messy because they rely on whatever memories are retrieved by chance," said Professor Bradley Love (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences).
First measles fatality feared as man found dead in Swansea flat
"With infectious diseases such as measles, the spread depends very much on how vulnerable and infected people mix," said Dr Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health).Ìý
Hilary Mantel and Duchess of Cambridge in US list of influential people
"One is very photographic and one is very readable. That's what we are now, images and words," said Professor John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature).
Been there, got the Higgs T-shirt. Now Cern scientists seek invisible dark matter
"It is like we have landed on a shore of new physics," says Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy).