UCL in the media
Santos scholarships bring global talent to Adelaide
"We will again offer up to five full Santos Scholarships in 2014, each worth $114,500 over two years," said Mr David Travers (UCL Australia Chief Executive).
Bringing up Britain: Birth Order
Professor Ruth Mace (UCL Anthropology) joins Mariella Frostrup to discuss the evidence and experience of how important your place in the family pecking order is, and its potential consequences.
Kidney grown in lab 'functions in rats'
"I look at this a little bit like the Wright brothers with their first plane," said Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering).
DNA pioneer Francis Crick's letter to son sold for US$5m
Twenty per cent of the proceeds from the Heritage Auctions sale will go to the new Francis Crick Institute in London, a medical research institute slated to open in 2015.
Cell culture: A better brew
Professor John Masters (UCL Urology) comments that most scientists are not interested in mixing their own cell culture media.
Education needs joined-up thinking
The London borough of Southwark, in conjunction with Cambridge University and UCL a few years ago set up the Ambitions scheme whereby a limited number of children from Southwark schools would be encouraged to apply to study at these top universities and others.
Hearts that race at rest 'point the way to an early death'
Professor Patrick Wolfe (UCL Statistical Science) comments on new research suggesting that men with a resting heart rate over 90 were at an increased risk of dying early.
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Professor Stephen Conway (UCL History) is interviewed about the so-called madness of King George III.
Measles Warning
Dr Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health) says that parents in all areas of the UK should ensure their children have had both doses of the MMR vaccine.
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