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One in six UK hospital beds is currently occupied by a person with dementia, at a cost to the taxpayer of £2.8 billion annually, with this number set to increase to one in four by 2040, according to a new report by UCL researchers.

The hotel room that famed author Oscar Wilde stayed in while visiting Brighton shortly before his arrest on charges of homosexuality has been identified by archaeologists from UCL Archaeology South-East.

A pioneering experimental treatment for motor neurone disease (MND), developed by UCL spinout Trace Neuroscience, will be trialled in humans as part of a new international clinical programme.

Semi-transparent solar cells that could be added to windows to efficiently harvest energy from indoor light as well as the sun have been developed by an international team led by UCL researchers.

Early results from a UCL and UCLH-led clinical trial suggest that a type of CAR T-cell therapy - developed by Autolus Therapeutics, a UCL spinout - could offer a new treatment approach for people with severe, treatment-resistant lupus.

Many people with breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapy with the use of a gene test, potentially sparing them from unnecessary side effects without increasing the risk of the cancer returning, a large international clinical trial led by UCL has found.

Professor Jacqui Glass, Dean of the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment and a leading expert in construction and the built environment, has been appointed interim Vice-Provost (Faculties) at UCL.

Three UCL academics have been appointed as Fellows of the British Academy, in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

Professor Marika Taylor, an internationally recognised theoretical physicist, has been appointed Executive Dean of UCL’s Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MAPS).