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A large-scale study, led by UCL and funded by the European Commission, will use data from 23 countries to detect and better understand emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, with the aim of supporting countries’ responses to Covid-19 and future pandemics.

13.04.2022 - Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers that challenges the conventional view of when life began.

A ring of planetary debris studded with moon-sized structures has been observed orbiting close to a white dwarf star, hinting at a nearby planet in the “habitable zone” where water and life could exist, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

For the second time in its mission so far, the Sun-observing spacecraft Solar Orbiter has flown through the tail of a comet, generating a wealth of science data – helped by an early prediction of the event by a UCL PhD researcher.

Levels of depression and anxiety rose sharply over December in the UK, especially among young adults, reaching similar levels to lockdown at the start of 2021, according to new findings from the Covid-19 Social Study led by UCL researchers.

 E-Mail Scientists and clinicians at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) studying the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapies in children with leukaemia, have discovered a small sub-set of T-cells that are likely to play a key role in whether the treatment is successful. Researchers say stem cell memory T-cells appear critical in both destroying the cancer at the outset and for long term immune surveillance and exploiting this quality could improve the design and performance of CAR T th...

The building was used to determine mean sea level and, from that, heights across the UK.

Our NanoNews Digest Sponsors Home > Press > Light-emitting tattoo engineered for the first time: Scientists at UCL and the IIT -Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) have created a temporary tattoo with light-emitting technology used in TV and smartphone screens, paving the way for a new type of OLED tattoo. CREDIT Barsotti - Italian Institute of Technology. Abstract: Scientists at UCL and the IIT -Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) hav...

Windfall charity donation of £500,000 to older people’s care home Date published: 02 March 2021 Bob Smith, Bowlacre Home’s chairman A residential care home in nearby Hyde has received a charitable donation of £500,000 following work by insolvency specialists Smith & Williamson. Hatton Grange was chosen as the beneficiary by the trustees of the Bowlacre Home charity, whose own Hyde-based residential care home closed in November 2018 due to financial difficulties.  Bowlacre Home su...

Ideas, Inventions And Innovations Magnetic Waves Explain Mystery Of Sun’s Outer Layer A theory as to why the Suns outer atmosphere differs in its chemical make-up from its inner layers has been confirmed by direct observation for the first time by scientists at UCL and the Italian Space Agency. The Suns extremely hot outer layer, the corona, has a very different chemical composition from the cooler inner layers, but the reason for this has puzzled scientists for decades. Credit: UCL  One e...