Sophia magazine: fifth issue available

The fifth issue of Sophia Magazine is available to download now. Sophia is a volunteer?run magazine that publishes academic content by UCL staff and postgraduate students aimed at a general readership. Ed Long, Sophia Editor and UCL CoMPLEX student, discusses the latest issue below. 'We are very pleased to announce the publication of the fifth issue of Sophia magazine, UCL's volunteer magazine for academic journalism. From post'Soviet ethnic policy in Russia to microbial life on the moons of Saturn, the magazine gives an accessible insight into the diverse interests of UCL's research community. The latest issue also showcases two ongoing exhibitions at UCL: the John Flaxman exhibition in the Strang print room and the 'Ink' exhibition in the North Lodge - including a review of the demonstration by master calligrapher Paul Antonio at the Ink exhibition. This issue also gives a layman's introduction to magnetricity ' a strange phenomenon in which solitary magnetic 'monopoles' appear in tetrahedral lattices and were first observed as recently as 2009.