science wire

Mike Larkum, who worked as a technician in UCL Biochemistry & Molecular Biology for 26 years, has sadly died.

The Wellcome Trust today (10th November) announces the appointment of UCL's Professor Anne Johnson to its Board of Governors.

The consortium behind the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI) has formally agreed to build the new institute at St Pancras and Somers Town in the London Borough of Camden.

Jack Ashby, Learning and Access Manager at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology, reflects on the working life of one of the gatekeepers of the world's scientific knowledge: Nature Senior Editor Henry Gee, who spoke at the museum on 26 October.

Shivani Singh, a doctoral candidate at the UCL Centre for International Health and Development , discusses the latest research and views on HIV in South Africa presented at a UCL Global Health symposium on 20 October. ?The event about HIV treatment in rural South Africa captured the attention of students, researchers and academics alike.

UCL space scientists have brought Andromeda Galaxy, the most distant object visible to the naked eye, into focus with the highest-ever resolution ultraviolet image of this most famous external galaxy.

'Human rights such as the right to private life, freedom of expression and information and intellectual property rights need to be reviewed and reinterpreted in the light of the evolution of internet applications.

'Colouring The Invisible' is a short-term installation by Julia Vogl, student at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art, to reflect the languages most commonly spoken by the UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies? (SSEES) community.

The evolution of complex life is strictly dependent on mitochondria, the tiny power stations found in all complex cells, according to a new study by Dr Nick Lane, from UCL (University College London), and Dr William Martin, from the University of Dusseldorf. 'The underlying principles are universal.

UCL scientists funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have devised a new approach to treatment of amyloidosis, according to new research .

Yuvraj Joshi (UCL Laws), Editor-in-Chief of the UCL Jurisprudence Review , highlights the international perspectives and eminent speakers at a panel to launch the UK's first student law journal.

UCL biologist Dr Jenny Rohn explains the motivation for her call to arms to protect science research funding that has seen her at Parliament and Downing Street this week.

To launch the 2010/11 season of UCL's Lunch Hour Lectures, Professor of genetics Steve Jones will unravel the taboo subject of incest, arguing that it is much more common than most people think.

For the vast majority of Germans, the 20th anniversary of political reunification is cause to celebrate - but there remain strains below the surface, rooted in Germany's fractured past.

UCL Council has today responded to publication of the report from the independent review panel headed by Dame Fiona Caldicott into Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's time at UCL.

UCL's Dr Adam Giangreco explains why he views stem cell research as holding the most promise for medical breakthroughs over the coming decades, in this short film to mark International Stem Cell Awareness Day.

MSc student Richard Dent describes how working on a Leonardo DiCaprio film about environmental damage has changed his approach to communicating climate change challenges through multimedia.

People who smoke potent strains of cannabis that are low in cannabidiol (such as skunk) are putting themselves at far greater risk of acute memory loss than people who smoke other types of the drug, according to new research published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry .

This week marks the last chance to see Constructing Realities , an exhibition featuring the work of postgraduate students from the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, running until Friday 1 October at Phase 2 on Fitzroy Street.

With weeks to go before the coalition government publishes its Comprehensive Spending Review, UCL academics have been contributing to the debate about the future of research funding, and warning of the dangers to the UK if significant cuts are made to the research budget.

In his new book Gabriel García Márquez , Professor Stephen Hart (UCL Film Studies) provides a new insight into the novelist's life, work and political influences. This book provides a new perspective on García Márquez's use of 'creative false memory? and magical realism.

UCL scientists are pioneering a stem cell treatment to replace diseased parts of the retina, which could lead to a future treatment for retinal diseases that affect around 3,000 children in the UK. The researchers from UCL Institute of Child Health and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, also members of the UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, successfully implanted cells from healthy mice into mice with an inherited form of childhood blindness called Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA).