UCL in the media
UCL demography experts wins satirical Ig Nobel award
Dr Saul Justin Newman (IOE UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) discovered some people with the longest lives hailed from places with poor recordkeeping. He investigated data on humans who live longer than most after debunking two scientific papers about extreme human ageing.
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Letter: UK national renewal requires step change in public investment
In a letter to the FT, Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) argues that in the upcoming Budget the government must recognises the important role that public investment must play in the decade of national renewal.
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Replacing ultra-processed foods in diet may reduce type 2 diabetes risk
People who eat more ultra-processed foods (UPF) are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but this risk can be lowered by consuming less processed foods instead, finds a new study led by Samuel Dicken and Professor Rachel Batterham (UCL Division of Medicine).
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Climate-change-triggered landslide caused Earth to vibrate for nine days
A landslide in a remote part of Greenland caused a mega-tsunami that sloshed back and forth across a fjord for nine days, generating vibrations throughout Earth, according to a new study involving Dr Steven Hicks (UCL Earth Sciences).
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Snus - Hooked On Nicotine
Dr Harry Tattan-Birch (UCL Behavioural Science and Health) warns of the dangers of using nicotine pouches and gum for non-smokers. He said: “The biggest risk is people try these products who don’t smoke or vape”.
Keir Starmer's reform plan to plug NHS health gap
Dr Ilan Kelman (UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction) said “It's the staff of the NHS in particular who are the most vocal about saying that the NHS is not serving us,” he said. "Doctors are exhausted. Nurses are overworked. The wards are not sufficient to keep people alive.”
Will directly electing judges help Mexico fight corruption in its justice system?
Dr William A. Booth (UCL History) said that painting members of Mexico’s judiciary as aiders and abettors of a rapacious economic elite likely resonated with the ruling party’s supporters.
Consequence of the pandemic: Study suggests faster brain maturation in adolescents
Professor Derek Hill (UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering) critiqued the methodology of the study: “the assumed connection between accelerated thinning and possible damage to mental health is not derived from the data of this study, but with reference to other studies”.
Natural probiotic discovered in gut bacteria of newborns
Newborn babies are born with a type of bacterium in their gut that could be used to develop new personalised infant therapeutic probiotics, finds a new study co-authored by Professor Nigel Field (UCL Institute for Global Health).
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Hillary Clinton's post-debate polls serve as warning sign for Kamala Harris
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said: "Only a fraction of Americans watched the debate live... and these are voters who are disproportionately politically activated and have already made up their minds on Harris and Trump".