Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analysed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ticks, and how it gained and lost genes in the process.

To mark the launch of a new UCL Policy Lab project, This Place Matters, new research reveals the extensive social cohesion challenges facing modern Britain.

The 'L'earning: Rethinking Young Women's Working Lives' project has unveiled new findings through a series of interim research briefings titled 'Earning While Learning: student employment'.

The University of Manchester is set to launch the Manchester Digital Dante Library, a landmark digital collection which will make some of the rarest and most significant early printed editions of Dante's Divine Comedy available freely online for the first time.

Pictured: Doctors and nurses from 3MED, Army Medical Services treat simulated casualties at role 2 Field Hospital in Romania.

Professors Kathryn Abel, Tony Day and Matt Sutton from The University of Manchester have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, three of 54 exceptional biomedical and health scientists to achieve the award this year.

The deadline for completing Part 2 of the survey has been extended to Friday, 30 May. Read about some of the key findings from the programme so far and how your feedback is informing UCL's strategic priorities.

Researchers in Cambridge are calling for additional scans to be added to breast screening for women with very dense breasts.

Learn what to pay attention to in future emails to prevent phishing. On Monday 24 February 2025, the Information Security Group (ISG) conducted a simulated phishing test across all'UCL staff to raise awareness about email security and phishing threats, and support our compliance obligations.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Alice Bradbury, Professor Gemma Moss and Dr Sinead Harmey (Ioe, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society) explain how their research shows that teachers recognised straight away how the pandemic was affecting the children they taught.