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🏆 UCL is ranked 9th globally in the 2026 QS World University Rankings for the third year in a row.
This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.
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This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.
🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
#QSWUR
Congratulations, Helen! 👏
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations, Helen! 👏
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Ageing stars are surprisingly efficient at destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, suggests a new study by Dr Edward Bryant @embryantastro.bsky.social and Dr Vincent Van Eylen @uclmaps.bsky.social looking at nearly half a million post-main sequence stars using NASA's TESS satellite
Ageing stars may be destroying their closest planets
Ageing stars may be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, according to a new study by astronomers at UCL and the University of Warwick.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ageing stars are surprisingly efficient at destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, suggests a new study by Dr Edward Bryant @embryantastro.bsky.social and Dr Vincent Van Eylen @uclmaps.bsky.social looking at nearly half a million post-main sequence stars using NASA's TESS satellite
Join us for our upcoming in-person Undergraduate Open Event and find out more about studying at @uclrdr.bsky.social and @stsucl.bsky.social departments!
📅 Saturday 15 November
⏰ 10:30 am to 3:00 pm
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📅 Saturday 15 November
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November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join us for our upcoming in-person Undergraduate Open Event and find out more about studying at @uclrdr.bsky.social and @stsucl.bsky.social departments!
📅 Saturday 15 November
⏰ 10:30 am to 3:00 pm
Register your place and find out more: bit.ly/3X6zqYY.
📅 Saturday 15 November
⏰ 10:30 am to 3:00 pm
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Spooky story time! 👻 Gather round the fire with student Maria and listen to 3 spine-tingling facts about space 🌌 Happy Halloween 🎃 youtube.com/shorts/3LE48...
#halloween #HappyHalloween #spooky #scary #SpookyStory #ScaryStory #SpaceFacts #space #astronomy
#halloween #HappyHalloween #spooky #scary #SpookyStory #ScaryStory #SpaceFacts #space #astronomy
👻 3 Scary Space Stories 🌌 Happy Halloween! 🎃
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October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Spooky story time! 👻 Gather round the fire with student Maria and listen to 3 spine-tingling facts about space 🌌 Happy Halloween 🎃 youtube.com/shorts/3LE48...
#halloween #HappyHalloween #spooky #scary #SpookyStory #ScaryStory #SpaceFacts #space #astronomy
#halloween #HappyHalloween #spooky #scary #SpookyStory #ScaryStory #SpaceFacts #space #astronomy
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A research team led by Dr Vincent Van Eylen @uclmaps.bsky.social is investigating a possible UK camera that would "weigh" Earth-like planets to help find life as part of a flagship NASA mission, the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Funded by @ukspaceagency.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A research team led by Dr Vincent Van Eylen @uclmaps.bsky.social is investigating a possible UK camera that would "weigh" Earth-like planets to help find life as part of a flagship NASA mission, the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Funded by @ukspaceagency.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
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The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, which engineers at @uclmaps.bsky.social helped design and build, has made its first observations. The facility, with its 2,400 fibres, can unravel the light of 2,400 celestial objects simultaneously www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
Incredible new telescope could change our understanding of the universe
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 jo...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, which engineers at @uclmaps.bsky.social helped design and build, has made its first observations. The facility, with its 2,400 fibres, can unravel the light of 2,400 celestial objects simultaneously www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
From UCL #PhD student to Professor in #Materials #Chemistry and #Engineering at UCL Chemistry - learn about Guanjie He's research, industry collaborations and role in UCL's upcoming bicentenary: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
@uclchemistry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 @uclenterprise.bsky.social
@uclchemistry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 @uclenterprise.bsky.social
Professor Guanjie He
Guanjie He is a Professor in Materials Chemistry and Engineering in the Department of Chemistry at UCL.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
From UCL #PhD student to Professor in #Materials #Chemistry and #Engineering at UCL Chemistry - learn about Guanjie He's research, industry collaborations and role in UCL's upcoming bicentenary: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
@uclchemistry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 @uclenterprise.bsky.social
@uclchemistry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 @uclenterprise.bsky.social
London Centre for Nanotechnology event on 4 Nov filled with exciting discussions, presentations, and networking opportunities for Atomic Force Microscopy enthusiasts: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-cen...
#atomic #AtomicForce #microscopy #nano #NanoTech #nanotechnology
#atomic #AtomicForce #microscopy #nano #NanoTech #nanotechnology
London Centre for Nanotechnology AFM user meeting
Join us at the London Centre for Nanotechnology AFM user meeting to discuss all things related to Atomic Force Microscopy
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October 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
London Centre for Nanotechnology event on 4 Nov filled with exciting discussions, presentations, and networking opportunities for Atomic Force Microscopy enthusiasts: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-cen...
#atomic #AtomicForce #microscopy #nano #NanoTech #nanotechnology
#atomic #AtomicForce #microscopy #nano #NanoTech #nanotechnology
#WorldSpaceWeek ☀️ Spotlight on Lucie Green @luciegreen.bsky.social, Prof of Solar Physics at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory! She does a lot of work to support the development of new missions launched by @esa.int and other space agencies around the world 🛰️ www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Professor Lucie Green
Lucie Green is a Professor of Solar Physics at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Department of Space and Climate Physics).
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October 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#WorldSpaceWeek ☀️ Spotlight on Lucie Green @luciegreen.bsky.social, Prof of Solar Physics at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory! She does a lot of work to support the development of new missions launched by @esa.int and other space agencies around the world 🛰️ www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
#WorldSpaceWeek 🌑 Prof Raman Prinja (UCL Physics & Astronomy) on the #SundayBrunch talking about the #moon, and his new book for the younger readers 📖 Watch on Channel 4 from 29:27: www.channel4.com/programmes/s....
Image: Channel 4 / Sunday Brunch.
#wsw2025 #SpaceScience #astronomy #universe
Image: Channel 4 / Sunday Brunch.
#wsw2025 #SpaceScience #astronomy #universe
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#WorldSpaceWeek 🌑 Prof Raman Prinja (UCL Physics & Astronomy) on the #SundayBrunch talking about the #moon, and his new book for the younger readers 📖 Watch on Channel 4 from 29:27: www.channel4.com/programmes/s....
Image: Channel 4 / Sunday Brunch.
#wsw2025 #SpaceScience #astronomy #universe
Image: Channel 4 / Sunday Brunch.
#wsw2025 #SpaceScience #astronomy #universe
#WorldSpaceWeek 🚀 PhD student Aida Seye (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell discuss shared passions and challenges in chasing cosmic dreams on BBC's Sky at Night programme (from 20 mins 23 secs): bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis....
#wsw2025 #WomenInScience #SkyAtNight #STEM
#wsw2025 #WomenInScience #SkyAtNight #STEM
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#WorldSpaceWeek 🚀 PhD student Aida Seye (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell discuss shared passions and challenges in chasing cosmic dreams on BBC's Sky at Night programme (from 20 mins 23 secs): bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis....
#wsw2025 #WomenInScience #SkyAtNight #STEM
#wsw2025 #WomenInScience #SkyAtNight #STEM
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We're celebrating #WorldSpaceWeek! ☄️🚀
UCL student startup Interstellar Space Technologies, founded by Mohit Joshi, (MSc Technology Management), is building factories in space to harness microgravity and make products of higher quality than is possible on Earth: bit.ly/48R5zuH
#WSW2025
UCL student startup Interstellar Space Technologies, founded by Mohit Joshi, (MSc Technology Management), is building factories in space to harness microgravity and make products of higher quality than is possible on Earth: bit.ly/48R5zuH
#WSW2025
October 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We're celebrating #WorldSpaceWeek! ☄️🚀
UCL student startup Interstellar Space Technologies, founded by Mohit Joshi, (MSc Technology Management), is building factories in space to harness microgravity and make products of higher quality than is possible on Earth: bit.ly/48R5zuH
#WSW2025
UCL student startup Interstellar Space Technologies, founded by Mohit Joshi, (MSc Technology Management), is building factories in space to harness microgravity and make products of higher quality than is possible on Earth: bit.ly/48R5zuH
#WSW2025
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The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the interior of the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new study co-led by Professor Yang Li @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social @pku1898.bsky.social of rock samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission
Far side of the moon may be colder than the near side
The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new analysis of rock samples co-led by a UCL and Peking University researcher.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the interior of the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new study co-led by Professor Yang Li @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social @pku1898.bsky.social of rock samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission
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Stunning images show for the first time how life-saving antibiotics disrupt the armour of an E. coli bacterium, as part of a study co-led by Professor Bart Hoogenboom and Carolina Borrelli @uclmaps.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
Startling images show how antibiotic pierces bacteria’s armour
A team led by UCL and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how life-saving antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of harmful bacteria.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Stunning images show for the first time how life-saving antibiotics disrupt the armour of an E. coli bacterium, as part of a study co-led by Professor Bart Hoogenboom and Carolina Borrelli @uclmaps.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
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This study, published recently in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social and led by Snehalata Sahu of the University of Warwick, includes co-author and UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Planetary Sciences colleague, Professor Jay Farihi @uclmaps.bsky.social 🔭🧪🪐
🍝 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a white dwarf eating a piece of a Pluto-like object in our nearby stellar neighbourhood 👉 esahubble.org/news/heic2511/ 🔭 🧪
Hubble sees white dwarf eating piece of Pluto-like object
In our nearby stellar neighbourhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could identify...
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September 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This study, published recently in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social and led by Snehalata Sahu of the University of Warwick, includes co-author and UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Planetary Sciences colleague, Professor Jay Farihi @uclmaps.bsky.social 🔭🧪🪐
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UCL has been recognised as one of the top universities in England for knowledge exchange in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).
Read more: bit.ly/46tDarL
#KEF5
@ucl.ac.uk @profgeraintrees.bsky.social
Read more: bit.ly/46tDarL
#KEF5
@ucl.ac.uk @profgeraintrees.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
UCL has been recognised as one of the top universities in England for knowledge exchange in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).
Read more: bit.ly/46tDarL
#KEF5
@ucl.ac.uk @profgeraintrees.bsky.social
Read more: bit.ly/46tDarL
#KEF5
@ucl.ac.uk @profgeraintrees.bsky.social
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A spinout co-founded by UCL's Professor John Morton @uclmaps.bsky.social has built the world’s first full-stack quantum computer made with the same silicon chip technology that is used in laptops and phones www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
First quantum computer built using silicon chips
A spinout co-founded by a UCL professor has built the world’s first full-stack quantum computer made with the same silicon chip technology that is used in laptops and phones.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A spinout co-founded by UCL's Professor John Morton @uclmaps.bsky.social has built the world’s first full-stack quantum computer made with the same silicon chip technology that is used in laptops and phones www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
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Synthetic cells that could be activated to release medicines whilst deep in the body have been created by chemists at @uclchemistry.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social and the University of Oxford. Researchers say the technique could be used to deliver medicines more precisely
Synthetic cells could be a new way to deliver drugs in the body
A synthetic cell that can be activated by a magnetic field to release a medicine whilst deep in the body has been created by chemists at UCL and the University of Oxford.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Synthetic cells that could be activated to release medicines whilst deep in the body have been created by chemists at @uclchemistry.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social and the University of Oxford. Researchers say the technique could be used to deliver medicines more precisely
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Starting an undergraduate course @uclmaps.bsky.social this September?
“Meet Your Classmates” is a virtual meeting hosted by student adviser Helena Ahmed. 🤝
Get to know fellow students, swap tips, and build connections before term starts.
Book here: outlook.office.com/book/MeetYou...
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“Meet Your Classmates” is a virtual meeting hosted by student adviser Helena Ahmed. 🤝
Get to know fellow students, swap tips, and build connections before term starts.
Book here: outlook.office.com/book/MeetYou...
© James Tye
September 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Starting an undergraduate course @uclmaps.bsky.social this September?
“Meet Your Classmates” is a virtual meeting hosted by student adviser Helena Ahmed. 🤝
Get to know fellow students, swap tips, and build connections before term starts.
Book here: outlook.office.com/book/MeetYou...
© James Tye
“Meet Your Classmates” is a virtual meeting hosted by student adviser Helena Ahmed. 🤝
Get to know fellow students, swap tips, and build connections before term starts.
Book here: outlook.office.com/book/MeetYou...
© James Tye
In recognition of Prof @luciegreen.bsky.social's (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) research in #solar #physics and her activities to engage the wider public with the latest discoveries in this area, #asteroid 2005 LG31 has been renamed Luciegreen! 👏
@uclnews.bsky.social
@uclnews.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In recognition of Prof @luciegreen.bsky.social's (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) research in #solar #physics and her activities to engage the wider public with the latest discoveries in this area, #asteroid 2005 LG31 has been renamed Luciegreen! 👏
@uclnews.bsky.social
@uclnews.bsky.social
📣 Apply by 27 Oct for the fully funded Martingale Foundation Scholarships to pursue Master's and PhDs at leading UK research universities, including UCL's Institute for Mathematical & Statistical Sciences: martingale.foundation.
All fees and expenses are covered, including a living wage stipend.
All fees and expenses are covered, including a living wage stipend.
August 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
📣 Apply by 27 Oct for the fully funded Martingale Foundation Scholarships to pursue Master's and PhDs at leading UK research universities, including UCL's Institute for Mathematical & Statistical Sciences: martingale.foundation.
All fees and expenses are covered, including a living wage stipend.
All fees and expenses are covered, including a living wage stipend.
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🖋️"It’s chilling to consider the possibility of returning to a pre-vaccine era."
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social warns that the US Secretary of Health and Human Services’ efforts to undermine vaccines risk spreading globally. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social warns that the US Secretary of Health and Human Services’ efforts to undermine vaccines risk spreading globally. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...
How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world
Vaccines saved 154 million lives. But as fear of disease fades, so does protection – raising the chilling prospect of a return to the pre-vaccine era.
theconversation.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🖋️"It’s chilling to consider the possibility of returning to a pre-vaccine era."
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social warns that the US Secretary of Health and Human Services’ efforts to undermine vaccines risk spreading globally. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social warns that the US Secretary of Health and Human Services’ efforts to undermine vaccines risk spreading globally. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...
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An international team led by Dr Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi and Siming Huang @uclmaps.bsky.social has developed durable solar cells that can efficiently harvest energy from indoor light, meaning devices such as remote controls, alarms and sensors could soon be battery free www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/au...
August 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
An international team led by Dr Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi and Siming Huang @uclmaps.bsky.social has developed durable solar cells that can efficiently harvest energy from indoor light, meaning devices such as remote controls, alarms and sensors could soon be battery free www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/au...
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CPS colleague Prof Jonathan Tennyson @uclmaps.bsky.social "was honoured for a lifetime of ground-breaking research in molecular physics, as well as for his pioneering leadership of the ExoMol project, which aims to provide molecular line lists for exoplanets and other worlds with hot atmospheres." 👏
July 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
CPS colleague Prof Jonathan Tennyson @uclmaps.bsky.social "was honoured for a lifetime of ground-breaking research in molecular physics, as well as for his pioneering leadership of the ExoMol project, which aims to provide molecular line lists for exoplanets and other worlds with hot atmospheres." 👏
July Spotlight on Dr Ben Walker, Lecturer in Applied #Mathematics 🔦 Ben shares his experience at UCL as a young academic, and talks about an online tool he co-developed for interactively exploring a topic present in almost every undergraduate mathematics curriculum: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Dr Benjamin James Walker
Dr Benjamin James Walker, though he almost always goes by Ben, is a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at UCL.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
July Spotlight on Dr Ben Walker, Lecturer in Applied #Mathematics 🔦 Ben shares his experience at UCL as a young academic, and talks about an online tool he co-developed for interactively exploring a topic present in almost every undergraduate mathematics curriculum: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...