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MSc student Richard Dent describes how working on a Leonardo DiCaprio film about environmental damage has changed his approach to communicating climate change challenges through multimedia.

People who smoke potent strains of cannabis that are low in cannabidiol (such as skunk) are putting themselves at far greater risk of acute memory loss than people who smoke other types of the drug, according to new research published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry .

This week marks the last chance to see Constructing Realities , an exhibition featuring the work of postgraduate students from the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, running until Friday 1 October at Phase 2 on Fitzroy Street.

With weeks to go before the coalition government publishes its Comprehensive Spending Review, UCL academics have been contributing to the debate about the future of research funding, and warning of the dangers to the UK if significant cuts are made to the research budget.

In his new book Gabriel García Márquez , Professor Stephen Hart (UCL Film Studies) provides a new insight into the novelist's life, work and political influences. This book provides a new perspective on García Márquez's use of 'creative false memory? and magical realism.

UCL scientists are pioneering a stem cell treatment to replace diseased parts of the retina, which could lead to a future treatment for retinal diseases that affect around 3,000 children in the UK. The researchers from UCL Institute of Child Health and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, also members of the UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, successfully implanted cells from healthy mice into mice with an inherited form of childhood blindness called Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA).

UCL has received a total of nearly £500,000 funding for three dementia research projects from the Alzheimer's Society and Bupa, representing one-third of all projects funded in this round.

In his latest book What Makes Civilization? , Dr David Wengrow (UCL Archaeology) provides a new account of the start of civilization in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).

Professor Deenan Pillay has recently taken on the role of Director at the UCLH/UCL National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre (CBRC).

Unlike adults, children are able to keep information from their senses separate and may therefore perceive the visual world differently, according to research published today. Scientists at UCL (University College London) and Birkbeck, University of London have found that children younger than 12 do not combine different sensory information to make sense of the world as adults do.

AstraZeneca and UCL have today entered into a collaboration to develop regenerative medicines for diabetic retinopathy (DR).

The evolution of big-brained mammals may be due to maternal investment, rather than metabolism, according to a new study by scientists at UCL (University College London) and the University of Cambridge. Published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the study analysed data sets of the brain sizes of 197 marsupial and 457 placental mammals to test the influences of metabolism versus maternal investment on brain size evolution.

Space scientists around the world are celebrating ten years of groundbreaking discoveries by 'Cluster', a mission that is illuminating the mysteries of the magnetosphere, the northern lights and the solar wind. Cluster is a European Space Agency mission, launched in summer 2000. It consists of a unique constellation of four spacecraft flying in formation around the Earth, studying the interaction between the solar wind and the magnetosphere.

Plans for the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI), a new world-leading medical research institute at St Pancras and Somers Town in London, have been presented to Camden Council.

The saliva of a venomous lizard native to southwestern America and Mexico could provide a cure for patients with Parkinson's disease.

An archaeological excavation project co-directed by Dr Andrew Gardner (UCL Archaeology) and Dr Peter Guest from Cardiff University is taking place in Caerleon this summer.

One of the most difficult times when caring for a friend or family member with dementia is the period before diagnosis, according to new research led by UCL and published online today in the British Medical Journal .

A team of researchers from UCL with other academic institutions is conducting the 2010 National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal 2010).

UCL is pleased to announce that it has filled all its places for 2010 entry to its undergraduate degree programmes.

A team of scientists based at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the National High Magnetic Field Lab (NHMFL) in Florida has discovered a new and more efficient way to encode quantum information within silicon. Despite being compatible with the silicon chips all around us, bismuth has been overlooked to date in favour of phosphorus atoms in the race to quantum technologies.

A team of scientists based at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the National High Magnetic Field Lab (NHMFL) in Florida has discovered a new and more efficient way to encode quantum information within silicon. Despite being compatible with the silicon chips all around us, the chemical element bismuth has been overlooked to date in favour of phosphorus atoms in the race to quantum technologies.

The project aims to build on current organisational strengths, while finding ways to improve working practices and communication across the organisation.

A summary of a public panel discussion and an expert symposium on the topic of urban water poverty is available online, along with speakers? presentations.

Researchers from UCL Medical Physics & Bioengineering and the UCL Cancer Institute have won an award for a paper on a pioneering medical imaging instrument that they have developed.

Members of the public wishing to make gifts to serving British troops will now be able to donate items specifically requested by soldiers, thanks to Kit4Troops, a unique website created by two UCL students.