UCL in the media
Child heart surgeons access clearer picture of their success rate
Dr Christina Pagel, lead author of the paper from the UCL Clinical Operational Research Unit, said: "The software tool that we've developed provides teams with a way of routinely monitoring their own risk-adjusted results, which they've not been able to do previously because of the complexity and diversity of their work."Ìý
Going Paperless: The Hidden Cost of a Receipt
Will Hines (UCL Computer Science) is tackling the problem of paper receipts with the Clinton Global Initiative University Commitment to Action, Reseed. Reseed removes the need for paper receipts and allows users to instead access the records online. In turn, the retailer donates the money that would otherwise go towards printing costs to a tree-planting charity.
Was Margaret Thatcher's ideology rooted in her experience as a scientist?
Thatcher's early work in industrial chemistryÌýmay have influenced her conversion to free market economics years later, writes Dr Jon Agar (UCL Science & Technology Studies).
A brief cultural history of an auto giant: The Volkswagen Beetle
Dr Bernhard Rieger (UCL History) has written a new book, The People's Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen Beetle, which tells the story of the car and the advertising that made it an icon.
Elephant Bird Egg Auction Inspires a Hunt
On April 24, Christie's auction house will give buyers a crack at nabbing an elephant bird egg. "Any whole eggs found today in Madagascar are legally the property of the Malagasy government," said Professor Mike Parker Pearson (UCL Institute of Archaeology). "So no more complete eggs will ever come on the open market, and that must make these very few eggs already in museum and private collections very valuable."
Who Really Runs Russia?
In her book How Russia Really Works and its sequel Can Russia Modernize?"Professor Alena Ledeneva (UCL Social Science) looks at the informal governing system that characterizes Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Evolution, Sex And Monogamy
Claire Holden and Professor Ruth Mace (UCL Anthropology) researched height difference between men and women in modern cultures.
A lesser-known tale of the Holocaust
In her recent book, A Small Town Near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust, Professor Mary Fulbrook (UCL German), tells the story of Klausa, a man she had always believed was involved in mundane local government work in Poland during World War II.
The right to speak out
Professor David Balding (UCL Genetics Institute) and Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) received legal threats after they criticized the claims of a firm that sells people details of their genetic ancestry.
In Blacks, Alzheimer's study finds same variant genes as in Whites
Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) comments on new research that shows there is no major genetic difference that could account for the slight difference in risk of developing Alzheimer's disease between African-Americans and those of European ancestry.