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The Premier League is currently vulnerable to new investors and team owners who could have sourced their wealth from illicit activities.

Calorie labelling of food on menus and products leads people to choose slightly fewer calories finds a new Cochrane review co-led by UCL researchers.

People who speak with accents perceived as 'working-class' including those from Liverpool, Newcastle, Bradford and London risk being stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime, and becoming victims of injustice, a new study suggests. Listeners think some accents sound guiltier than others and we should all be concerned about that Alice Paver Research led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, raises serious concerns about bias in the UK criminal justice system due to negative stereotyping of accents.

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its sky-scanning phase, racking up more than three trillion observations of two billion stars and other objects over a decade to revolutionise our view of the galaxy.

A psychedelic drug is being tested as a novel way to reduce problematic alcohol consumption, in an ongoing study led by UCL researchers.

A new study led by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has shown positive clinical outcomes and quality of life for cats suffering from severe heart conditions through the implantation of epicardial pacemakers (EPs). The use of EP implantation to facilitate artificial cardiac pacing (ACP) effectively resolved symptoms including abnormally slow heart rates (bradyarrhythmia) in cats.

Researcher teams across the UK are leading the first phase of a new research The work has been commissioned by the UK government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology after a review by t

University of Bath researchers are joining a new government-commissioned research project, which will lay the groundwork for future studies into the impact on children of smartphone and social media use, and help to direct future government action. The project - led by a team at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bath and other leading UK universities - is aimed at improving policymakers' understanding of the relationship between children's wellbeing and smartphone use, including social media and messaging.

Cambridge researchers are leading the first phase of a new research This is a complex and rapidly evolving issue, with both potential harms and benefits associated with smartphone use.

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), is challenging scientific understanding of how planetary systems form.

Professor Carla Figueira De Morisson Faria (UCL Physics & Astronomy) writes in The Conversation about how research into incredibly short laser pulses can have wide ranging impacts across a range of technologies.

Rapid change seen in the Formby squirrels' jaws following the removal of supplementary peanuts may have implications for the conservation of red squirrels and other species argues Dr Philip Cox (UCL Biosciences) in The Conversation.

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organisations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other

Living in a family where there is genetic risk for dementia significantly affects choices about having children and how to parent, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Researchers at a Scottish university have taken one small step towards a future where orbital factories can 3D print future tech on demand in space.

A test to detect tumour DNA circulating in the blood can predict lung cancer outcomes, finds new research from scientists at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute, UCLH and Personalis.

Better support is needed for prisoners and prison staff to protect them from moral injuries - psychological wounds caused by witnessing or experiencing events that deeply conflict with a person's values - finds a new study co-led by UCL researchers. Experts from UCL, the University of Bath, King's College London, Combat Stress, and NHS partners have published a report in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology , urging the UK government to provide targeted mental health support for prison staff and prisoners.

Overcrowded prisons are at breaking point. Now, researchers are sounding the alarm over a largely overlooked issue: moral injury. Overcrowded prisons in England and Wales are at breaking point, with self-harm at record levels. Now, researchers are sounding the alarm over a largely overlooked issue: moral injury, a psychological wound caused by witnessing or experiencing events that deeply conflict with a person's values.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From potential breakthroughs in brain disease research, to ecology society elections and even returning rocks from Mars, here's some quick-read news from across Imperial.