A Code Within the Codons? How studying patterns in the genetic code is beginning to uncover the origins of biological information and of life itself. By Tom Dubois. UCL Science Magazine • Biology
Buzz Off! Italian researchers have synthesised a safe and sweet-smelling solution to keep those pesky mosquitoes at bay this summer! By Joseph Olaniyan. UCL Science Magazine • Chemistry
How A “Twisted DNA” Sensor Can Revolutionise Cancer Treatment Sensing of Z-nucleic acid by ZBP-1 constitutes an important line of innate immune defence, but could drugs targeting ZBP-1 signalling serve as a new and improved strategy for treating cancer? By Ziyue Kong. UCL Science Magazine • Biology
Nominate yourself to Lead SciMag next year! Nominations have commenced at the UCL Students' Union. This is your opportunity to lead UCL SciMag, give back to the UCL community and develop yourself. To nominate yourself please use the link below and search Science Magazine Society. The Leadership RaceEach year in March, every student at UCL votes UCL Science Magazine
Has ChatGPT Bid Farewell to Traditional Assessment Methods? ChatGPT has studied the entire internet and is now capable of forming complete and logically structured answers to many types of assessments. Will this technology change how students are tested in the future? By Saleh Bubshait. UCL Science Magazine • Technology
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
