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UCL (University College London) is London’s leading multidisciplinary university, with 9,000 staff and 25,000 students. Over 150 nationalities are represented among UCL students with overseas students making up nearly a third of the student body. Based in the heart of London, UCL was the first university in England to welcome students of any class, race or religion, and the first to welcome women on equal terms with men. This same radical spirit thrives today.
A new study from researchers at UCL has found that Large Language Models (LLMs), the sophisticated AI systems behind popular generative platforms like ChatGPT…
Jun 5, 2024
A new study led by researchers from University College London (UCL) has discovered that physical cues in the womb, not just genetics, play a crucial role in…
Apr 22, 2024
Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than we catch from them, according to a major new analysis of viral genomes by UCL researchers.
Mar 25, 2024
Children whose irritability does not reduce between three and seven years are at higher risk of depression and self-harm as teenagers, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Jan 11, 2024
More than 200 genes linked to depression have been newly identified in a worldwide study led by UCL researchers.
Jan 11, 2024
An international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app.
Jan 9, 2024
Ancient bricks inscribed with the names of Mesopotamian kings have yielded important insights into a mysterious anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field 3,000 years ago, according to a new study involving UCL researchers.
Dec 19, 2023
A radical theory that consistently unifies gravity and quantum mechanics while preserving Einstein’s classical concept of spacetime is announced today in two papers published simultaneously by UCL (University College London) physicists.
Dec 4, 2023
Replacing sitting with as little as a few minutes of moderate exercise a day tangibly improves heart health, according to new research from UCL and the University of Sydney.
Nov 10, 2023
Up to 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040 – over 40% more than previously forecast – finds a new UCL-led study.
Oct 27, 2023
Neuroscientists have uncovered a key brain area in rats that encodes the value of economic choices when faced with the uncertainty of a lottery.
Oct 20, 2023
People with early Alzheimer’s disease have difficulty turning when walking, according to a new study using virtual reality led by UCL researchers.
Oct 11, 2023
Paleoclimate evidence shows that around 1.1 million years ago, the southern European climate cooled significantly and likely caused an extinction of early humans on the continent, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
Aug 11, 2023
A new comprehensive study of organ impairment in long COVID patients over 12 months shows organ damage persisted in 59% of patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely affected when first diagnosed with the virus.
Feb 15, 2023
