UCL in the media
Joe Biden's Supreme Court plan faces major hurdles
Biden's reform plans are a "symbolic gesture designed more to appease the progressive left" than they are a serious attempt at overhauling the Supreme Court bench, explains Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
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Common blood tests could improve early cancer diagnosis
The results of routine blood tests could be used to speed up cancer diagnosis among people with stomach pain or bloating, suggests a new study led by Dr Meena Rafiq (UCL Behavioural Science & Health).
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Why eyesight checks are crucial for preventing dementia
“Brain stimulation keeps your brain fit, and things that make it harder for brain stimulation, like loss of vision and loss of hearing mean you get less cognitive stimulation," says Professor Gill Livingston (UCL Psychiatry).
Complex molecules essential to life can form in dust around young stars
The mystery of how complex molecules essential to life first formed may have been solved by a new study involving Dr Paola Pinilla (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory).
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How to treat children who carry trauma
In the aftermath of the stabbing in Southport, Professor Vivian Hill (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) says: "An emergency plan will have been very quickly rolled out to provide access to professional support for all those involved, be they children or adults."
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How preventive medicine could be key to saving the NHS
Professor Sir Nicholas Wald (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) and Professor Aroon Hingorani (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) welcome the call for the UK to focus on disease prevention as "too many preventive health opportunities are missed".
How Olympians manage their periods
Research conducted by UCL academics including Dr Flaminia Ronca (UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science) is cited in a Telegraph article that explores how menstruation can affect female athletes competing at the Paris Olympics.
How could European housing policies influence the UK?
“The real problem is not that we’re not building enough homes, it’s that we have turned housing into a financial asset,” says Dr Josh Ryan-Collins (UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose), adding that this is down to 1970s housing policy that prioritised home ownership.
How not having a home phone impacts our brains
Phones have moved from a place to a person, explains Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience), who describes how the eradication of landline phones in most households may have affected human behaviour.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
Autism diagnosis criteria have changed over the years, explains Professor Joshua Stott (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences), which has created a "lost generation" of older people who may now meet those criteria.