Science news articles about 'ucl university'

  • 'Emotional inflation' leads to stock market meltdown

    ... emotions which would otherwise warn them of the high risk of what they are doing, according to a new study led by UCL (University College London). Economic models fail to factor in ...
  • 'Deaf by God' tried in Old Bailey records

    ... right to an interpreter as early 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 ...
  • Neuroscientists discover a sense of adventure

    ... off the supermarket shelves. In an experiment carried out at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London), volunteers were shown a selection of images, which they had ...
  • Bacterial resistance is futile against wound-cleaning laser

    ... produces bacteria-killing chemicals when lit by a specific kind of laser light. Michael Wilson led a team from UCL (University College London) who carried out experiments showing that ...
  • Aboriginal kids can count without numbers

    ... able to count, according to a new 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 ...
  • Creating unconventional metals

    ... J.F. DiTusa of Louisiana State University and a co-author of the paper said: "It's amazing that something ... common elements." Professor Gabriel Aeppli of UCL (University College London), another member ...
  • The 'satellite navigation' in our brains

    ... different in London taxi drivers in a Wellcome Trust-funded study carried out by Professor Eleanor Maguire at UCL (University College London). The study showed that a region ...
  • Unlocking the secret of the Kondo Effect

    A team of scientists including researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology at UCL (University College London) and the IBM Almaden Research Center has forged a breakthrough in understanding ...
  • 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

    ... , researchers in Professor Ray Dolan'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 ...
  • Seeing red -- in the number 7

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

    ... ability to recognise voices has been reported in a paper by UCL (University College London) researchers, in a study ... contacted the magazine, who put her in touch with UCL's Dr Brad Duchaine. Dr Brad ...
  • Brain's 'hate circuit' identified

    ... that, together, may be thought 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 ...
  • Putting a new spin on current research

    ... the quantum features under study, degrading their usefulness." Marshall Stoneham, Professor of Physics at UCL (University College London), commented: "Getting the answer from a quantum computation ...
  • Astronomers catch binary star explosion inside nebula

    The explosion of a binary star inside a planetary nebula has been captured by a team led by UCL (University College London) researchers – an event that has not been witnessed for more than 100 years. ...

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