UCL in the media
FBI offers $10 million reward for capture of Russian hacker
Professor Madeline Carr (UCL Computer Science) said the "destructive" nature of the attack – without a more "sophisticated ransomware motive" – leads her to believe that the attack was ideological in nature.
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How Obama mentored the new UK prime minister to help him tell his story
Dr Tom Packer (UCL Political Science) expected Starmer's backstory had become a "theme of the campaign." He said it helped challenge the idea that all UK politicians come from a "posh background" without struggle.
UCL team records ground shaking at Taylor Swift concerts
UCL geophysicists, led by Professor Ana Ferreira & Dr Stephen Hicks (UCL Earth Sciences), installed seismometers around Wembley Park ahead of Taylor Swift’s Eras concerts in London and found that the opening night performance of ‘Love Story’ produced the strongest ground tremors.
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Mexico has become a testing ground for psychedelic therapies
Ms Rosalind McAlpine (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) described psychedelics as “another thing in the toolbox rather than a miracle cure” in treating PTSD.
Antikythera mechanism’s purpose is studied using cosmic research tool
Professor Tony Freeth (UCL Mechanical Engineering) said: “Why put a second lunar calendar on the mechanism when you’ve already taken a lot of trouble to construct a lunar calendar of great accuracy and sophistication?”
‘Ineffectual’ and ‘snippy’: the rapid rise and stunning fall of Rishi Sunak
Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) responded to the last King’s Speech, saying: “He’s a fag-end prime minister [...] There wasn’t much left to do.”
Experts who reveal the eight 'hidden' symptoms that mean you're drinking too much
Dr Melissa Oldham (UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care) explains how the body metabolises alcohol later in the night.
Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks
Professor Paul Ekins (UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources) argues that notwithstanding adaptations, climate change is set to hinder not help the world’s food supplies.
Why Jill Biden is unlikely to convince Joe to step down, despite mounting pressure
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said: "In public, it's expected that Mrs Biden will support her husband. Behind closed doors, we can only guess at what she's advocating".
So, this is why some people never got Covid and others did
Dr Marko Nikolic and post doc Kaylee Worlock’s (both at 911 Medicine) research revealed the genetic markers that protected some people from Covid-19 infection.