Professor Edward Allington and Jo Volley (UCL Slade School of Fine Art) demonstrate the complexities of creating a plaster cast and examine other ways the medium has been used. Allington and Volley have helped to curate part of Plastered, an exhibition at the UCL Art Museum about plaster and the casting process, highlighting the sculpture models of the neo-classical artist John Flaxman (1755-1826).

Dr Lucie Green from UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory describes watching this summer&'s total solar eclipse - and explains what scientists can learn from observing such rare phenomenon.

In this video from University College London we look at The Fabricate 2011 Conference, hosted by the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, showcasing the installation 'Stratifications&' by Gramazio é Kohler, Architecture and Digital Fabrication, ETH Zurich. é';Stratifications' uses a multiple-axis robot on a caterpillar base to perform real-time construction, combining digital design and methods in fabrication that are not possible with traditional manual building methods. This is the first time that this approach to building has been seen in the UK.

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In this video from University College London we hear why Dr. Adam Giangreco views stem cell research as the best promise for medical breakthroughs over the next few decades. Dr Giangreco, a recent recipient of a major European Research Council grant, explains how he is exploring new treatments for lung damage and why funding stem cell research is so vital. 6 October is International Stem Cell Awareness Day.

Professor Catherine Hall (UCL History) and her team in the project Legacies of British Slave-ownership are examining how modern Britain, from its art collections and grand buildings to its financial institutions, has been built on the wealth generated from slavery. The project is tracing the slave owners who benefitted from the £20m paid in compensation in the 1830s and where this money subsequently went. In this video, Professor Hall reflects on the texts of two women from the 19th century -- one a slave, the other an abolitionist and daughter of a wealthy slave owner.

A gene therapy study developed by Dr Amit Nathwani (UCL Cancer Institute) and colleagues in collaboration with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, has shown that adults with haemophilia B benefit from the treatment, reducing need for injections with clotting factor to prevent bleeds. The findings of the six-person study mark the first evidence that gene therapy can reduce disabling, painful bleeding episodes in patients with the inherited blood disorder.

In this video from University College London Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, speaks about the effects of climate change on the Inuit people.Mary's visit was part of a series of free public seminars on Migration and Wellbeing at UCL and the British Museum, hosted by UCLs Centre for Applied Global Citizenship and UCL Medical Anthropology.

Panel discussion on the historic roots of gym and muscle culture and steroid use amongst gay men and how gym culture has appeared in cultural representations.

Professor Catherine Hall (UCL History) and her team in the project Legacies of British Slave-ownership are examining how modern Britain, from its art collections and grand buildings to its financial institutions, has been built on the wealth generated from slavery. The project is tracing the slave owners who benefitted from the £20m paid in compensation in the 1830s and where this money subsequently went.

In this video from University College London we look at the UCL Sikh Society's Guru Ka Langar, an annual celebration of free food that invites everyone from UCL and beyond to come and share a meal together.

With the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, what lessons are still relevant for the world today? This is an excerpt from Professor Noam Chomsky's UCL Rickman Godlee Lecture 2011 - Contours of global order: Domination, stability, security in a changing world.

In this video from University College London we look at how UCL Neuroscience seeks to make fundamental discoveries about brain function and behaviour, to teach and train the next generation of scientists and clinicians, and to transform our ability to diagnose and treat neurological and psychiatric disease. In this slideshow of images, UCL neuroscientists expose and explore the beauty of the brain, the most intricate organ in the human body.

In this video from University College London we look at when UCLPartners and the Greater London Authority hosted a meeting for leaders and future leaders of London's health and social care system. Professor Michael Porter (Harvard Business School) provided an introduction to value-based mental health care. By focusing on value, Porter believes the NHS can reduce costs whilst improving services.

Mini-Lecture #11In this video from University College London we look at Black History Month in the UK. Dr Caroline Bressey researches the history of the Black presence in London, trawling the archives to reveal forgotten everyday Black characters of Victorian Britain.

In this video from University College London Professor Mike Parker Pearson (UCL Archaeology) re-evaluates the timeline of Stonehenge's construction and sheds light on how it was used. The first Stonehenge began life as a cemetery with the original stone circle built 500 years before the version that we know today.Professor Parker Pearson and his team also discovered that the second stage of Stonehenge (the iconic sarsen stone circle) was built 200 years earlier than thought, about 2500 BCE.

Mini-Lecture #3In this video from University College London to mark Autism Awareness Month, Professor Frith from UCL's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience discusses talent, one of the least understood features of the autism disorder, and examines the ideas behind this phenomenon and what the autistic mind can tell us about our own.About 10% of people with autism have a notable talent in some area, of this group there are a special few who are exceptionally talented.

In this video from University College London we see how Dr. Marcos Martinón-Torres (UCL Archaeology) and colleagues in Xian, China have discovered that craftsmen working over 2000 years ago on the bronze weapons of the 'Terracotta Army&' worked in an efficient way like the modern car maker Toyota. The ancient craftsmen were organised in a sophisticated labour model known today as é';Toyotism'.

Mini-Lecture #6In this video from University College London PhD student Michael Pittman talks about his paleontological work in the deserts of Mongolia, where he and a colleague discovered the fossilised skeleton of a new species of dinosaur.

UCL Global HealthIn this video from University College London Richard Horton asks if health will be a UN sustainable development goal.Richard (@richardhorton1) is the editor-in-chief of The Lancet, a United Kingdom-based medical journal.

Mini-Lecture #10In this video from University College London we look at how UCL Petrie Museum created an LGBT History Trail of objects that tell of homosexuality in ancient Egypt. It also considered some of the mythology and stories that construct ancient Egyptian sexuality.John Johnston, who is pursuing a PhD in UCL Archaeology, describes a few of the objects on display. Along with reliefs and sculptures, objects include a papyrus from the 12th dynasty (1991-1782 BC), relating the tale of Horus and Set's encounter.