14 June 2023
Ultrasound is most familiar to us as a non-invasive imaging technology used during pregnancy – now it is in clinical trials as a powerful new tool for treating all sorts of medical conditions
8 November 2022
The age at which you are considered an adult differs around the world, but emerging research into the developing brain suggests we may have got the concept of adulthood all wrong. When do we really become a grown-up?
14 September 2022
Taking a commercially available multivitamin and mineral supplement for three years led to people doing better in memory and cognitive tests compared with those taking a placebo tablet
24 February 2022
Brain cells that promote wakefulness fire too much in older mice, which may explain why many people find it harder to sleep as we get older
27 September 2021
Older people who had large home libraries as children perform better in memory tests, possibly because early cognitive enrichment helps to buffer the brain
2 April 2020
Following a healthy diet or exercising could impact how your brain ages, but the effects on cognitive skills later in life depend on specific gene variants that not everyone has
