UCL in the media
Waste light captured from a mobile could charge its battery
Arman Ahnood (London Centre for Nanotechnology) and colleagues believe that the extra light phone displays emit could be reused by putting a thin-film PV cells around the display's edges, leading to a phone that never has to be plugged in.
Interview with Julia Vogl: Winner of the Creative Works Competition
Julia Vogl talks aboutÌýwinning the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition, andÌýher work Colouring the Invisible, installed at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË SSEES.
Cost of policing football matches
Justin Kurland (UCL Security and Crime Science) says that football clubs should be paying their fair share and should be held responsible.
How your brain tells you where you are
How do you remember where you parked your car? Dr Neil Burgess (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) studies the neural mechanisms that map the space around us, and how they link to memory and imagination.
Predictive policing
Professor Shane Johnson (UCL Security and Crime Science) comments on predictive policing, and the deployment of police officers on the basis of probability.
Smoking linked to faster cognitive decline in men
A study led by Dr Severine Sabia (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health) has shown that middle-aged men who smoke suffered more rapid cognitive decline than peers who have never smoked.
Guardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, and analyses the storyteller in the book.Ìý
Cool sun could host habitable planet
Dr Lewis Dartnell (UCL Space and Climate Physics), says that the discovery of a new "potentially rocky exoplanet orbiting within a star's habitable zone is very intriguing."
On your head: They're always with us - the undeserving rich and poor
The Victorians, with all their moral certainty and a dose of puritan piety, were happy to endorse the concept of the deserving and the undeserving poor, says Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Health Psychology).Ìý
Hold on to your woolly hats: more cold is on the way
Climate change deniers will use the snow to advance their case; in fact, the Sun is to blame, says Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences).