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.

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.

There has been a significant increase in orphanhood in the last two decades in the U.S., according to a new study.

Advanced technologies, education, and channeling local and indigenous knowledge could help African nations protect their unique nature.

University of Bath research reveal gaps in drug company payment transparency, risking public trust and patient safety.

An international team of scientists are to set to use thousands of MRI brain scans from research teams around the world in a bid to study Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a lifelong neurological condition.

A prototype AI chatbot tool has been developed to help pull together vital human, animal and environmental health information to support the global response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Certain combinations of long-term health conditions are associated with worse quality of life and should be taken into account when assessing patients.

False memories are much harder to implant than previously claimed by memory researchers and expert witnesses in criminal trials, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Royal Holloway, University of London. The 1995 Lost in the Mall study has often been cited in criminal trials, particularly those involving historical sexual abuse - including by Harvey Weinstein's defence team - in order to cast doubt on the memory of accusers.

An international team of physicists, led in the UK by our Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, has discovered over 40 previously unknown stars. The team made the discovery when studying the distant Dragon Arc galaxy, using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The Dragon Arc is located behind a massive cluster of galaxies called Abell 370.

Sex differences in brain structure are present from birth, research from the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge has shown.

A global survey has revealed an overwhelming public interest in accessing museum collections through virtual reality (VR) and extended reality (XR) technologies.

People who live close to airports and are exposed to high aircraft noise levels could be at greater risk of poor heart function, increasing the likelihood of heart attacks, life-threatening heart rhythms and strokes, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), looked at detailed heart imaging data from 3,635 people who lived close to four major airports in England.