UCL in the media
Super-dense celestial bodies could be a new kind of planet
Professor Lars Stixrude (UCL Earth Sciences) comments on mysterious dense bodies outside the Solar System.
Most extraordinary materials on Earth housed in new Institute of Making
"The Institute of Making is like a dream garden shed where anything is possible. Every material is to hand, from iron ore, to the perfect piece of string," said Dr Zoe Laughlin (UCL Institute of Making).
Londoners have problems with their teeth
Dr Paul Batchelor comments on figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre that show that more Londoners are admitted to hospital because of problems with their teeth than anywhere else in the country. Watch: BBC Breakfast (no recording available)
A president, a jazz trumpeter, an economist, a socialite and codebreaker and a conductor
Dr Marco Aponte-Moreno (UCL Management Science & Innovation) comments on the personality and charisma of Hugo Chavez.
Have they found the Higgs boson at last?
"We have to keep working at it, but on the face of it this means the Standard Model is a much more powerful theory than many physicists suspected," said Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy).
Health Myth: Cheese dreams
Cheese actually contains a chemical call tryptophan which promotes sleep, saysÌý Professor Matthew Walker (UCL Brain Sciences).
Migration shown to have low impact on jobs
A UCL study found that immigration can impact average wages, but the amount is small.
Low opinion makes people reject even money
Research done in the Universities of Granada, Freiburg and UCL has demonstrated that when we have a low opinion of somebody, we are more likely to reject their money because the social information we have on that person influences our decision.
NHS Commissioning Board: who's who
UCL president and provost Professor Malcolm Grant is part of the NHS commissioning Baord who will play a key role in appointing any new chief executive.
People with controlled HIV don't have higher death risk, study finds
"It is likely that much of the excess mortality associated with HIV would be preventable with timely diagnosis of HIV and initiation of antiretroviral(s)," says Dr Alison Rodger (UCL Infection & Population Health).