UCL in the media
Brain implant that works better than medication brings hope to thousands of Parkinson's sufferers
"This study demonstrates that deep brain stimulation can lead to a marked improvement in quality of life for people who are earlier in the progression of the disease," says Dr Patricia Limousin (UCL Institute of Neurology).
Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia
"Thicker hair, tooth shape, more sweat glands … could have increased fitness, but for quite different reasons," said Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment)
Debt puts rich heritage of science at risk
Professor Lisa Jardine (UCL Medieval & Renaissance Studies) comments on the news that the Royal Institution might sell its historic Mayfair Residence. "We're going to lose the equivalent of Shakespeare's Globe theatre," she says.
Listen to poor people; don't just hand out the cash
It is vital that people who benefit from social protection schemes such as cash transfers are involved in their implementation says Professor Maxine Molyneux (UCL Institute of the Americas).
Prince's charity lobbied government to water down homeopathy criticism
Draft guidance for the website NHS Choices warning that there is no evidence that homeopathy works was suppressed by officials following lobbying by a charity set up by the Prince of Wales. Correspondence from the Department of Health discussing the guidance was released under the Freedom of Information Act to Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences).
Flawed psychology
Professor David Shanks (UCL Brain Sciences) tests Stephen Gibson's assertion that social psychology is vulnerable to poor research practices.
End of the class divide: a roundtable debate
It would be wrong for clinicians to try to derail consolidation of services where there was evidence it would deliver better care, said Lord Ajay Kakkar (UCL School of Life & Medical Sciences).
The computer that never crashes
Dr Peter Bentley and Christos Sakellariou (UCL Computer Science) have developed a revolutionary new "systemic" computer in which data is married up with instructions on what to do with it.
Your Paintings
UCL Art Museum has been chosen by the BBC to highlight the Your Paintings project, which aims to digitalise the UK's collection of oil paintings.
University College London Qatar and Georgetown University SFS co-host a lecture
UCL Qatar and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service co-hosted a lecture titles "Museums in the Gulf; What is their Identiy?"