A new metagenomic test developed by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) is providing ...

A technique to cool the planet, in which particles are added to the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, would not require ...

Public institutions for science and technology have hardly changed over half a century; even the UK’s most recent creation, ARIA, is consciously modelled on a US institution founded in the 1960s. But ...

Few places in the world have been as influenced by archaeology as Rapa Nui (Easter Island). So much so that just as the tree does not allow us to see the forest, the moai does not allow us to see the ...

Professor Katrina Palmer's Inaugural Lecture takes place on Tuesday 29 April, 5:30pm at the Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL South Wing. Tickets are free, but booking is essential via Eventbrite.

The global uptake of mobile phone banning in schools is based on assumptions that social media is dangerous and smart phone use is addictive, distractive, unhealthy, and lessening educational outcomes ...

“The main natural source of UK wildfire ignitions is lightning, but far too many ignitions are from people, such as discarded cigarettes, burning rubbish, arson, and vehicles backfiring,” said ...

“This bears the hallmarks of an ammonium nitrate explosion,” said Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) on the recent massive explosion at an Iranian port.

“When you do the life cycle assessment of the whole process, they’re actually worse because you’re using so much energy to make the bag in the first place,” said Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL ...

Bboxx, a data-driven super platform that transforms lives by unlocking access to clean energy and digital products across Africa, has announced the launch of a groundbreaking AI tool on its Bboxx ...

A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, in a new study in fruit flies. The Alzheimer’s Research UK-funded study, published in Cell Reports, is ...

Dr Lakshmi Priya Rajendran (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) writing with Krzysztof Nawratek of the University of Sheffield for Times Higher Education, describes how the 2029 Research Excellence ...