The Unknown Genome: A Message Lost in Translation Learning about your genome has been crucial now, more than ever. From population studies to precision diagnostics and experimental therapies, genomics is paving the way for modern medicine. Ground-breaking? Absolutely. Beneficial to us all? Perhaps not as much as we think so. By Nitish Aswani. UCL Science Magazine • Beyond
Tackling the Synthetic Cannabinoid Epidemic Currently, there are limited clinical treatment options to deal with cases of synthetic cannabinoid abuse. A novel approach utilising nanoparticle vaccines offers an unconventional solution, but not without challenges to its clinical application. By James Lau Yi Wei. UCL Science Magazine • Chemistry
Has He Got A Touch On It? How will the Al Rihla, with its tracking and data recording capabilities, change the modern game? By Ben Crawford. UCL Science Magazine • Physics
“Hey Siri, can you speak Yorùbá?” How multilingual can a translation machine be? David Ifeoluwa Adelani from DeepMind shares new techniques to support low-resource languages, their heritage and prospects for promoting cultural diversity. By Teresa Su. UCL Science Magazine • Technology
Plenty of Fish? The first study modelling the effects of different fishing scenarios on marine ecosystems in the Western Baltic Sea has raised a dire concern towards critically endangered species, identifying overfishing as the main threat to marine biodiversity. By Charlotte Miles. UCL Science Magazine • Biology
Is Pain Really Painful? Let’s Ask Our Minds Understanding Pain Reprocessing Therapy and how our brain’s therapeutic capacity confronts conventional treatments. By Mimoun El Fantroussi. UCL Science Magazine • Biology