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A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team led by astronomers at UCL and Cardiff University.

Two-year-olds in England watch television, videos or other digital content for an average of two hours each day, double the daily recommended screen time, new UCL-led research finds.

A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of a widely-used eye injection to manage the previously untreatable rare condition, hypotony, in a project by clinical researchers at UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital.

A groundbreaking new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), has shown promising results in helping children and adults fight a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.

The annual number of preventable heat-related deaths globally has soared to more than half a million, a UCL-led report says.

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.

Professor Raman Prinja (UCL Physics & Astronomy) has received this year’s Ian Robson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for his outstanding contributions to public engagement, academic leadership, astronomy education and research.

Congratulations to members of UCL’s community who have been recognised in the New Year Honours 2026, including two academics, an economist and an engineer, who received Damehoods.

Dr Sue Dale Tunnicliffe has been awarded the honour for her Distinguished Service to Science Development in Antigua and Barbuda and the wider Commonwealth.