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Intensive treatment of severe gum disease can help prevent arteries from becoming clogged, supporting heart health and reducing the long-term risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and stroke, according to a new clinical trial by researchers.

A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualise the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by UCL researchers, in a major step forward for neuroscience and neuroimaging. The human brain comprises hundreds of interconnected regions that drive our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Max Telford (UCL Biosciences) explores a new link that may explain how animals evolved from single-celled organisms and how this fits into existing theories on evolution.

A powerful new database and economic model that identifies the most cost-effective strategies to reduce the carbon emissions from the world's iron and steel processing plants has been developed by researchers from UCL.

The types, locations and causes of cycling 'near misses' in London have been mapped using helmet-mounted cameras and GPS devices to track commuter journeys, in a new study from UCL researchers that provides valuable data for improving road safety. The study, published in Accident Analysis and Prevention , is the first to combine real-time verbal reporting of incidents with panoramic video footage and GPS data to understand the behavioural and environmental factors contributing to 'near misses' (where a crash between a cyclist and another road user or pedestrian is narrowly avoided).

A multiple sclerosis (MS) patient in the UK was the first to receive CAR T cell therapy, invented by UCL researchers, in a clinical trial testing whether this personalised treatment can slow or even halt the progression of the disease.

UCL is releasing its animal research statistics today in collaboration with Understanding Animal Research - a not-for-profit organisation that promotes open communications about animal research. UCL and nine other institutions together conducted more than half of all'animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research - in the UK in 2024.

The largest multi-object spectroscopic survey facility in the southern hemisphere, which UCL engineers helped design and build, has taken its first observations, marking the start of its scientific journey.

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early Pleistocene, finds a new study involving a UCL researcher. Humans evolved large brains and flat faces at a surprisingly rapid pace compared to other apes, likely reflecting the evolutionary advantages of these traits, finds a new analysis of ape skulls by UCL researchers.

Some users of popular fitness and calorie counting apps experience shame, disappointment and demotivation, potentially undermining their health and wellbeing, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and Loughborough University. The study, published in the  British Journal of Health Psychology , looked at 58,881 posts on Twitter (i.e., posted prior to the platform becoming X) relating to five popular fitness apps* .

Anti-obesity medication semaglutide may help to prevent heart attacks and other major cardiac events regardless of how much weight people lose while taking the drug, according to a new study led by a UCL researcher.

After being treated with an electronic eye implant paired with augmented-reality glasses, people with sight loss have recovered reading vision, reports a trial involving a UCL and Moorfields clinical researcher.

Despite efforts, many UK businesses are not on track to meet the United Nation's Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) by their 2030 deadline, finds a new report involving researchers from UCL.

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alwyn Dart (UCL Cancer Institute), argues why he believes better prostate cancer tests are required prior to a targeted prostate cancer screening programme being implemented.