UCL in the media
The High Price of Loneliness
"There is growing evidence that both loneliness and social isolation are related to biological processes that may increase health risk, including changes in immune and inflammatory processes and disruption of the stress-related hormones," says Professor Andrew Steptoe (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health).
Why the primordial soup may be an alien concoction
Dr Lewis Dartnell (UCL Space & Climate Physics) comments on the origins of life on earth, and the idea that life was 'delivered' from other planets.
Guardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about Spies by Michael Frayn, and looks at readers' responses to the book.
Art of science: extremely small, incredibly close
Robert Ludlow (UCL Advanced Information Services Centre) is one of the »Ê¼Ò»ªÈËinners of a Wellcome Image Award for his picture of an epileptic patient's brain prior to surgery.
Brain scans prove we're crazy in love
Love may not be blind, but it does make you dumb, according to brain scans taken by Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) of people in the early days of a romance.
Pollsters, hand over those volunteers to the army
Psychologists have shown that volunteers are different from non-volunteers in a host of ways concerning personality, values and ability, says Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Health Psychology).
Stripes research wins BBC award
Dr Lucie Green (UCL Space & Climate Physics) comments on the winner of the BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year award.
'Soft power' of universities could raise UK status abroad
Universities could play a vital role in improving Britain's future by bringing their expertise to countries such as China and India, says Professor Malcolm Grant (UCL President & Provost).
Stroke patients 'healed' by controversial stem cell injections that have improved movement and allowed one to speak
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) said that even something as simple as regaining sensation in an arm could improve quality of life. "Being able to feed yourself or drink a cup of tea is a massive gain for a patient", he said.
Green man 'too fast for slow elderly'
Four in five pensioners cannot cross the road quickly enough to use a pedestrian crossing safely, according to research led by Dr Laura Asher (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).