A UCL-led project reducing MRI scan times from around 20 minutes to seven minutes, and a new hearing test, have received funding to be trialled on the NHS to help diagnose dementia.

An international study of almost 1,000 people living with sight loss, led by UCL researchers, found that nearly one in five reported receiving or encountering eye treatments they believed to be bogus.

In this special episode, recorded to mark UCL's 200th birthday and released on World Alzheimer's Day, three UCL researchers working at very different ends of dementia research come together to talk...

Interim results from a world-first trial led by UCL researchers have found an existing drug, alpha-lipoic acid, shows early promise as a potential treatment to slow multiple sclerosis progression.

A breakthrough stem cell treatment for a previously untreatable rare genetic eye condition has seen patients’ vision improve in a first-in-human clinical trial at UCL and Moorfields.

Translational Psychiatry - The metacognitive paradox of OCD: confidence is globally reduced but shows increased sensitivity to local evidence

UCL is seeking an exceptional operational leader to join the Ear Institute as its next Head of Operations.

In this Q&A, new Faculty Dean, Professor Andrew D. Dick, talks about his vision for the Faculty, the importance of connection across disciplines, and his interests outside of work.

A new approach to care for people experiencing a mental health crisis, emphasising continuity and community, can reduce hospital admissions, finds a study led by a UCL researcher.

UCL seeks a Senior Research Fellow to lead neuromuscular biology and genetic therapy research using cellular models, AAV and RNA approaches.

Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.

Minds in Motion: a UCL neuroarchitecture study at UCL PEARL, September 2026. Choose a Crowd session or EEG session and book your place.

Scientists at UCL have developed a framework for stress testing how AI chatbots respond to vulnerable users, helping researchers identify weaknesses and test ways of making mental health interactions

Humans are the only animals whose faces redden with embarrassment. Should we see that as an affliction, or as a blessing?

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The NIHR has awarded four Faculty of Brain Sciences projects funding to support the early-stage development of quantum technologies.

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.

A £3.8 million Wellcome Discovery Award will support research into how neurons protect themselves from toxic protein build-up during ageing.

Drugs commonly used for weight loss, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, have been found to reduce the key symptoms of binge eating disorder, in a new review of evidence led by UCL researchers.

Scientists have shown how the NHS could double the number of patients it diagnoses with dementia, which could help them to get vital treatment

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New research suggests that memory actively shapes how we see and interpret the world around us, and how we make predictions about the future.

UCL researchers have identified brain changes that may help explain why inner speech is sometimes experienced as an external voice in psychosis.

Rates of depression are elevated in autistic and/or ADHD adolescents, but the reasons for this are unclear. We have previously shown that autistic and/or ADHD adolescents experience twice the school-r...

Ten weeks of cognitive rehabilitation can help people with long Covid symptoms such as brain fog achieve their goals in returning to work and hobbies, finds a new clinical trial led by UCL researchers...

The 3,000 donated brains in Queen Square Brain Bank could hold the key to unlocking the secrets of dementia. But how do they get there? And what happens next?

New research shows how cells repair damage to their outer membrane, revealing a key role for proteins linked to neurodegenerative diseases.