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With the volume of shares traded in sharp decline and many UK companies moving swiftly to the US market, Dr Rama Kanungo @UCL_GBSH explores what this means for the future of the London Stock Exchange in The The Conversation.
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Two new translational research centres for rare diseases funded by LifeArc will be co-led by Profs Prof Michael Hanna, Robert Pitceathly & Hannah Mitchison UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. They aim to improve access to diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…
The rising price of cigarettes has become an increasingly important motive for quitting smoking in England, finds a new study led by Sarah Jackson & Prof Jamie Brown Behavioural Science & Health UCL UCL IEHC UCL_Tobacco_Alcohol with funding from Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…
Pressure in the womb, and not just genetics, may influence the normal development of neural crest cells, the embryonic stem cells that form facial features, finds a new study led by Prof Roberto Mayor Roberto Mayor Lab @uclcdb UCL Biosciences
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'Running is a great way to keep bones and muscles healthy, helping prevent damage and even osteoarthritis. Just make sure to take it slow at first.'
Prof Alister Hart UCL Div of Surgery explains how exercise can help aging joints in The Conversation.
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While children of mothers with diabetes are more likely to develop ADHD, a new global analysis suggests the relationship is likely not causal. Study co-led by Dr Kenneth Man UCL School of Pharmacy & Prof Ian Wong Prof Ian Wong HKU Medicine UCL Faculty of Life Sciences
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Gay and bisexual men who were diagnosed with mpox during the 2022 outbreak in England, faced substantial issues related to stigma and potentially poor-quality care when accessing services, finds a study led by Dr Charlie Witzel Charlie Witzel UCL Global Health ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…
🔊'Minority stress theory would say that these health inequalities are caused by the fact that LGBT people have this extra burden of stress.'
Prof David Frost IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society UCL Social Research Institute (SRI) explains minority stress theory on BBC Radio 4 #Antisocial
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Smoking among women under 45 from more advantaged social groups in England appears to have risen over the past decade, bucking an overall trend of smoking decline, finds a new study led by Sarah Jackson & Dr Sharon Cox Behavioural Science & Health UCL UCL IEHC Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…
Young people's early work experiences have become increasingly complex and precarious, with periods of unemployment, part-time work and inactivity becoming the norm, finds new research by UCL Social Research Institute (SRI) IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society's Dr Dr Alina Pelikh & University of Liverpool's Prof Francisco Rowe ✌️
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With the Ukraine war at such a critical point, Dr Andi Hoxhaj OBE UCL Faculty of Laws explains in the The Conversation that the last thing the West needs is further destabilisation and the possibility of violence in the Western Balkans
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Most countries struggle to meet climate pledges: 19 out of 34 countries surveyed failed to fully meet their 2020 climate commitments set 15 years ago at COP15 in Copenhagen, finds a new study led by Profs Jing Meng & Dabo Guan The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction The Bartlett
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The UK's first fully #OpenAccess university press, UCL Press, has surpassed its 10 millionth download!
With publications being read in 242 countries & territories worldwide, the milestone shows the global popularity of innovative #openaccess publishing.
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Four UCL museums and collections including the Grant Museum of Zoology and the Petrie Museum are to benefit from £2.4m in Research England funding over the next five years, recognising their contributions to national & international research
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A large dormant black hole has been spotted not far from Earth, just under 2,000 light years away, by the ESA Gaia space mission involving Dr George Seabroke MullardSpaceScience. It is the heaviest known black hole in our galaxy formed from an exploding star ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…
🔊 'Over 50% ... of the Haitian national income was used annually to service that debt'
Prof Matthew Smith Matthew J. Smith UCL History describes the devastating impact indemnity payments to French former slave owners had on the Haitian economy.
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In his new series, materials engineer Prof Mark Miodownik from UCL MechEng UCL Engineering tells remarkable stories about how glues hold our world together. The first episode is available now on BBC Sounds
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Differences in how the nasal cells of young and elderly people respond to the SARS-CoV-2 virus could explain why children typically experience milder #COVID19 symptoms, finds a new study led by Dr Claire Smith & Marko Nikolić UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health DoM_UCL ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…
Tiny carbon beads reduce bad bacteria in the gut that accelerate liver cirrhosis and other serious health issues, according to a new study led by Prof Rajiv Jalan DoM_UCL UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences in collaboration with Yaqrit Limited
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