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The new Nature Ecology & Evolution study predicts when and where climate change is likely to expose species across the globe to potentially dangerous temperatures. The research team from UCL, University of Cape Town, University of Connecticut and University at Buffalo analysed data from over...

MPs and Committee members Stephen Metcalfe and Carol Monaghan visited three UCL labs on Wednesday 17 May. The visit related to a recent inquiry by the committee into the antimicrobial potential of bacteriophages, which could be used instead of, or alongside antibiotics. Bacteriophages (or...

Led by Times Higher Education, the THE Counsellor is being developed with a steering group of four founding partners including UCL, UCAS, Unifrog and Huron University. THE Counsellor, anticipated to launch in late 2023, will focus on peer-to-peer content-sharing for counsellors by counsellors...

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Using a Sleep Analyzer tracking mat produced by technology company, Withings, the researchers created The Dementia Sleep Index – by comparing sleep patterns of people living with dementia to data that equates to 3.7million nights of sleep in the general population. From this, they were able to...

The council, created by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in November 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and chaired by Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose), has spent the last two years rethinking the economy from a “health for...

The study, published in Brain, follows up the teams’ discovery in 2019 of the FAAH-OUT gene and the rare mutations that cause patient, Jo Cameron, to feel virtually no pain and never feel anxious or afraid. The new research describes how the mutation in FAAH-OUT ‘turns down’ FAAH gene...

The study, published in Nature Communications, has revealed for the first time how genetic and environmental factors come together to form a cleft lip or palate in a developing foetus. Cleft lip, with or without cleft palate, is the most common craniofacial malformation seen at birth, affecting...

The study, published in Nature, identified a chemical compound, named ‘1938’, that activates the PI3K signalling pathway, and is involved in cell growth. Results from this early research showed the compound increased neuron growth in nerve cells, and in animal models, it reduced heart tissue...

The exhibition, a multi-media video entitled The Nebelivka Hypothesis, uses 3D modelling, ground truth, photogrammetry, remote sensing and simulations to challenge our understanding of urban origins. Buried deep below the rich black soils of central Ukraine, archaeologists charted human...

The trial has started in three public hospitals in South Africa and Kenya and will be expanded to other countries and regions in 2024, with a target of recruiting up to 3,000 newborns overall. The NeoSep1 trial will evaluate new combinations of generic antibiotics and compare them to existing...

In a comment article, published in Nature Human Behaviour, Professor Patrick Haggard and former UCL undergraduate, Ebani Dhawan, state that victims of sexual assault are often blamed for not fighting or fleeing their attackers. Thirty per cent of women are thought to experience sexual assault...

The study, published in Advances in Life Course Research, looked at up to 10 years of data from more than 27,000 young adults in the UK who were aged between 16 and 29. The research team found that the more hours spent caring, the less likely people were to get a degree. For example, those who...

UCL has more new AMS Fellows this year than any other university. Professors Dame Lyn Chitty DBE, Mehul Dattani, and Ruth Gilbert (all UCL GOS Institute of Child Health), Professor Jugnoo Rahi (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health and Institute of Ophthalmology) Professors Olga Ciccarelli, Henry...

MNIT Jaipur hosted Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Vice Chancellor of BITS Pilani for an invited lecture on “Research to Innovation: Bridging the Gap in Indian Higher Educational Institutes” under the aegis of the Institute Lecture Series. Prof. Rao has an illustrious career, serving at institutes of...

Startup20 Engagement Group, operating under the esteemed India’s G20 presidency, is all set to host its much anticipated third meeting here in Goa. International delegates from G20 nations and Indian delegates will be arriving on 2nd June onward to Goa. The Startup20 Engagement Group extends a...

Panaji- Even as students in the state have begun shortlisting their vocations this summer, Goa’s only culinary B-school Kamaxi College of Culinary Arts (KCCA) has made a foray into Food & Beverage Service with a new course ‘Food & Beverage Service Associate Programme’ for their new academic...

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry introduced the National Startup Awards (NSA) in 2020. The applications for National Startup Awards 2023 have been made live from 1st April 2023 and the deadline for submissions is now...

IIT Madras BS Degree students hosted the Second Edition of ‘Paradox 2023’: A Fusion of Culture, Technology, and Learning,’ The institute awarded the provisional diploma and degree certificates to it’s 2nd batch of BS degree students on 27th may 2023. With Shri . Venket Vishwanath as the chief...

Mumbai : Online gaming startup, WinZO, announced its third round of ESOP liquidation, providing an opportunity for eligible team members to partially liquidate their vested ESOPs. WinZO executed its first and second ESOP liquidation programs for its current and former teams in 2021, amidst the...