University College London

University College London (UCL) was founded in 1826 and is a constituent college of the University of London. Today, UCL has over 21,600 undergraduate and graduate students. UCL is a member of the Russell Group of Universities and a part of the elite G-5 sub-group of universities in the U.K. It is a part of the Golden Triangle. UCL is most noted for its Clinical Medicine ranked 1st (exclusive of North America), Neuroscience & Behavior ranked 1st (exclusive of North America) and 2nd world-wide, Immunology ranked 2nd in Europe and Pharmacology & Toxicology 1st (exclusive of North America) and fourth world-wide. Agricultural Sciences research at UCL is advancing to the forefront world-wide, according to recent ranking panels.

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Step towards creating intestine transplant using patient's own cells

(Medical Xpress) -- Doctors at the UCL Institute of Child Health have made progress towards engineering donated intestines, so that they can be implanted without rejection.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reducing car use is the key to better health

With just 39 per cent of men and 29 per cent of women reaching the Department of Health’s recommended level of health-enhancing physical activity, the answer to the UK’s growing obesity problem could ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Industrial 'inertia to change' is delaying development of zero carbon homes, report finds

Tackling rising CO2 emissions from the residential sector could make a vital contribution towards mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the UCL Bartlett School of Planning.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mitochondria and the great gender divide

(Medical Xpress) -- Why are there two sexes? It’s a question that has long perplexed generations of scientists, but researchers from UCL have come up with a radical new answer: mitochondria.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Personalized treatment for Crohn's Disease a step closer following gene mapping

Three new locations for Crohn's Disease genes have been uncovered by scientists at UCL using a novel gene mapping approach.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers

Children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat, new research has shown.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Graphene earns its stripes: New nanoscale electronic state discovered on graphene sheets

Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) have discovered electronic stripes, called 'charge density waves', on the surface of the graphene sheets that make up a graphitic superconductor. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Parental weight strongly influences thinness in children

Children with thinner parents are three times more likely to be thin than children whose parents are overweight, according to a new study by UCL researchers.

Medicine & Health / Health

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'Back-up system' reduces heart disease deaths

Small bypass vessels which act as a 'back-up system' for the heart's main arteries play a significant role in reducing the mortality of patients with coronary artery disease, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists lay out plans for efficient harvesting of solar energy

Solar power could be harvested more efficiently and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research inspired by new insights into natural photosynthesis.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Not just skin deep -- CT study of early humans reveals evolutionary relationships

CT scans of fossil skull fragments may help researchers settle a long-standing debate about the evolution of Africa's Australopithecus, a key ancestor of modern humans that died out some 1.4 million years ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Babies distinguish pain from touch at 35-37 weeks

Babies can distinguish painful stimuli as different from general touch from around 35-37 weeks gestation – just before an infant would normally be born – according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Targeted policing has knock-on benefits

With the police service undergoing budget reductions, and calls for more officers on the streets, a new study offers some reassuring conclusions. Researchers at UCL's Department of Security and Crime Science found no evidence ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Names, not social networks, bind us to global cultural and ethnic communities

Links between hundreds of millions of names belonging to people all around the world have been analysed by geographers from UCL and the University of Auckland. The results reveal how our forenames and surnames ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The 'Google' theory of autism -- a new approach to the enigma

What hides behind the enigma of autism? Dr. John Skoyles of University College London, in a paper published this September in Autism Research and Treatment, identifies the type of information used to process synonyms and co ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3