Science news articles about 'ucl university'

  • 'Emotional inflation' leads to stock market meltdown

    ... of what they are doing, according to a new study led by UCL (University College London). Economic models fail to factor in the emotions and unconscious mental life ...
  • 'Deaf by God' tried in Old Bailey records

    ... as 1725, according to Old Bailey records examined by UCL (University College London) scientists. The use of family and friends to interpret court proceedings later switched ...
  • Neuroscientists discover a sense of adventure

    ... carried out at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London), volunteers were shown ... Nathaniel Daw, now at New York University, who also worked on the study. "The novelty bonus may be useful in helping ...
  • Bacterial resistance is futile against wound-cleaning laser

    ... light. Michael Wilson led a team from UCL (University College London) who carried out experiments showing that activated indocyanine green is capable of killing ...
  • Aboriginal kids can count without numbers

    ... study of aboriginal children by UCL (University College London) and the University of Melbourne. The study of the aboriginal children – from two communities which do not have words ...
  • Creating unconventional metals

    ... common elements." Professor Gabriel Aeppli of UCL (University College London), another member ... of the paper, Dr. N. Manyala of the National University of Lesotho, said: "We are looking forward to investigating whether ...
  • The 'satellite navigation' in our brains

    ... Spiers told the BA Festival of Science at the University of Liverpool today. The brain's navigation mechanism ... study carried out by Professor Eleanor Maguire at UCL (University College London). The study showed ...
  • Unlocking the secret of the Kondo Effect

    ... including researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology at UCL (University College London) and the IBM Almaden ... , a member of the IBM team who is now a Lecturer at UCL (University College London) and a part of the academic ...
  • Earliest known human TB found in 9,000 year-old skeletons

    ... TB. The new research, led by scientists from UCL (University College London) and Tel-Aviv ... . Professor Israel Hershkovitz, from Tel-Aviv University's Department of Anatomy, noticed the characteristic bone ...
  • People with autism make more rational decisions, study shows

    ... 's group at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) have used the framing effect to study decision-making in people with autism spectrum ...
  • Seeing red -- in the number 7

    ... triggers the involuntary use of another – according to a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers. The findings suggests that people with synaesthesia, contrary to popular belief ...
  • Are you phonagnosic?

    ... the ability to recognise voices has been reported in a paper by UCL (University College London) researchers, in a study of a rare condition known as phonagnosia. The UCL team are calling for other people to come forward ...
  • Brain's 'hate circuit' identified

    ... of as a 'hate circuit', according to new research by scientists at UCL (University College London). The study, by Professor Semir Zeki and John Romaya of the Wellcome Laboratory ...
  • Putting a new spin on current research

    ... , degrading their usefulness." Marshall Stoneham, Professor of Physics at UCL (University College London), commented: "Getting the answer from a quantum computation isn't easy ...
  • Astronomers catch binary star explosion inside nebula

    ... a planetary nebula has been captured by a team led by UCL (University College London) researchers – an event ... in the light emitted by hydrogen (the most abundant element in the universe). "The star which erupted was a nova, an event caused ...

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