UCL in the media
Piltdown Man hoax centenary event held
Dr Matthew Pope (UCL Archaeology) comments on an upcoming meeting to discuss the Piltdown Man controversy, 100 years after the faked fossils were presented to the world.
Curious appetites: surgery and the foreign body
Sarah Chaney (UCL Psychology and Language Sciences) talks about the history of the foreign bodies, and its links to surgery.
Horrific film from 1952 shows British germ warfare tests
Dr Brian Balmer (UCL Science & Technology Studies) comments on Operation Cauldron, which involved testing novel biological warfare agents on animals off the coast of the Isle of Lewis in 1952.
Lib Dems adopt motion calling for increased science investment
Professor John Martin (UCL Cardiovascular Medicine) says the UK has "failed in its potential to produce wealth from science over the last 20 years" due to the funding and peer review system.
Custom gene editing rewrites zebrafish DNA
Dr Jason Rihel (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) comments on a new artificial-enzyme method which could make model organisms more useful in study of diseases.
Meals to make you feel dishy
Dr Anastasia Kalea (UCL Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics) talks about advanced glycation end-product (AGE) rich foods, which can accelerate ageing.
Legal ethics can't be based on anecdotes
Simplistically seeing 'unethical' lawyers as bad apples to be discarded shows how inadequate current tools are in measuring ethical behaviour in the legal services sector, says Professor Richard Moorhead (UCL Laws).
Grimm appeal
Dr Mererid Puw Davies (UCL German) says that the original works by the Brothers Grimm were quite immoral, and featured arbitrary and quite bizarre punishments.
World's smallest ice cube created
"This study is of major scientific importance, but it's also a significant development from an experimental point of view," says Dr Christoph Salzmann (UCL Chemistry). "The experiments the authors have done are not easy; it's a real achievement."
Biological fate of nanoparticles in the body
Dr Erik Ã…rstad (UCL Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics) comments on research which has developed a novel way for measuring the biodistribution of nanoparticles.