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Private school pupils in England no longer perform better at GCSE level than state school pupils in the core subjects of English, Maths and Science when the results are adjusted for socioeconomic background, finds a study by UCL researchers.

Clinical language used around pregnancy loss can negatively affect patients' mental health and exacerbate their grief and trauma, and should be personalised where possible, according to research led by a UCL academic. In the first study of its kind, published today, social scientists from UCL, led by Dr Beth Malory (UCL English Language & Literature), gathered data from 391 participants from across the UK with lived experience of pregnancy loss to provide guidance for mass communication around loss.

The world's thinnest spaghetti, about 200 times thinner than a human hair, has been created by a UCL-led research team.

Scientists from our top-rated Physics department and Newcastle University have developed a groundbreaking method to improve the stability and efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), a technology used in smartphones, TVs, and other electronic displays. This advancement utilises a unique type of molecule that has the potential to extend the lifespan of OLED devices significantly.

Our researchers are helping to put people with lived experience of mental health distress at the forefront of health and social care research.

Albert Einstein's transformational prediction about how gravity behaves has been backed by an international team of researchers who studied how the force acts on cosmic scales.

New recommendations from an international research project could help reduce the environmental impact of metal mining on rivers in the Philippines and guide the mining industry to become more sustainable at all scales, the project's leaders say.

New spray developed by scientists at Bath could help boost UK farming and increase the UK's food security.

A new type of therapy that 'edits' a gene in patients with a rare heart condition has been shown to be safe and effective, according to research from UCL and the Royal Free Hospital.

Truancy rates have risen faster in developed English-speaking countries since the Covid-19 pandemic than in non-English-speaking countries, according to a new working paper by UCL researchers. Teenage girls are also increasingly more likely to skip school than boys across Anglophone countries. In 2022, 26% of all'Year 11 pupils in England reported playing truant at least once in the last fortnight.