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UCL academics will co-lead Prostate Cancer UK's new £42m screening trial, which aims to find the best way to screen men for prostate cancer and double the number of lives saved.

More than one in five 10-year-olds experienced physical punishment in 2020 and 2021 in the UK, reports a new research briefing by UCL researchers. Physical punishment, such as smacking and hitting, is the most common form of violence against children. Scotland and Wales recently prohibited physical punishment in all settings, while physical punishment in the home remains legal in England and Northern Ireland.

Football players in England's top-tier WSL were six times more likely to experience a muscle injury in the days leading up to their period compared to when they were on their period, according to new research from UCL, the University of Bath and St. Mary's University. The study, published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise , is the first prospective longitudinal study monitoring menstrual cycles alongside injuries in female footballers.

The disruption to the supply of a prescription medicine that helps people stop smoking may have led to thousands fewer people quitting each year in England, which will lead to avoidable deaths in future, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers. Varenicline (also known as Champix) is one of the most effective treatments to help smokers quit.

A three-year project involving UCL researchers will examine the principles and guidelines for responsible research into solar radiation modification (SRM) - a controversial idea to limit climate change by reducing how much sunlight reaches the Earth's surface.

Cancer patients diagnosed in English prisons do not receive the same level of curative treatment as those in the general population, meaning they are at increased risk of death, according to a study led by UCL, King's College London and the University of Surrey. The researchers found that patients with cancer face several barriers to diagnosis in prison and once diagnosed, they receive significantly less treatment and lower planned care costs, and report worse experiences of care.

People not only think political news is likelier to be true if it reinforces their ideological biases, but will tend to trust news more if it leads them to adopt more extreme (and even incorrect) beliefs, finds a new study by a UCL researcher. The study, published in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics , found that when people were presented with new information on politically sensitive topics, individuals on both sides of the political spectrum struggled to detect whether the information was true or not, and were biased towards trusting news that aligned with their political beliefs.

Worldwide action to halt the environmental threats posed by single-use electronic devices such as e-cigarettes is urgently needed, according to a group including researchers from UCL.

UCL has signed up to a ground-breaking new agreement aimed at making research more environmentally sustainable.

Running provides a very good stimulus for bone building cells and can actually help prevent damage and osteoarthritis, explains Professor Alister Hart (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) in The Conversation.

A switch to "dynamic" economic thinking could drive a more cost-effective transition to a low carbon economy and help tackle the climate emergency, according to a new report led by a UCL researcher.

Smoking among women under 45 from more advantaged social groups in England appears to have increased over the past decade, according to a new study by UCL researchers. The researchers focused on women between 18 and 45 as these are ages when women are most likely to become pregnant and for whom smoking tobacco carries extra risks.

More than 10 million books and journals, published by UCL Press, the UK's first fully Open Access University Press, have now been downloaded - signalling the popularity and transformation effect of this more sustainable publishing model. UCL Press's pioneering Open Access (OA) programme spans many of the major academic disciplines, from history to philosophy and the sciences to anthropology. The Press has published 339 books that have been downloaded more than 8.7 million times, while its 14 journals have attracted more than 2.6 million downloads.