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Other lives: Ergonomics expert who helped the public understand the impact of good design

According to a recent study performed by UCL researchers, wearable gadgets such as smartwatches might be used to predict a higher risk of developing heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms in later life. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Conservatives are cynically using carbon capture and storage as a get-out-of-jail card, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL

Controversial technology is at centre of ‘powering up Britain’ strategy, but critics argue it has ‘little merit’ and ‘delays real cuts in emissions’

Call comes on eve of revised net zero strategy that allows drilling in North Sea and boosts ‘unproven’ carbon capture

A new investigation conducted by UCL academics indicates that Generation Z youngsters born into the lowest fifth of families in the UK are 12 times more likely to experience a slew of bad health and educational outcomes by the age of 17 than their more affluent classmates. Read further on…

The technique involves the injection of chemicals into the bloodstream which act as imaging probes

Researchers suggest the ability to get used to repeated pain might develop during the third trimester of pregnancy.

Other lives: Teacher, librarian and dedicated activist in protests against the Vietnam war and nuclear weapons

Dr Miriam Stoppard unpicks some research from University College London that shows the upside of rural living on brain power

A quarter are regularly going without food and other essentials, a new Russell Group Students’ Unions study reveals