The researchers found 70-year-olds who had experienced a serious head injury more than 15 years earlier had smaller brain volumes (by 1%) and performed slightly worse than expected on cognitive tests for attention and quick thinking (scoring 46 versus 48 on a 93-point scale)

“Game changer” drug for treating obesity cuts body weight by 20%

Study: Boys who play video games have lower depression risk

Simple vision tests can predict which people with Parkinson’s disease will develop cognitive impairment and possible dementia 18 months later

Dogmatic people are characterised by a belief that their worldview reflects an absolute truth and are often resistant to change their mind, for example when it comes to partisan issues

Quantum technologies can be used to detect ultralow levels of virus in a patient sample, enabling much earlier diagnosis

None of the mutations currently documented in SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its transmissibility in humans

86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during lockdown did not have virus symptoms (cough, and/or fever, and/or loss of taste/smell)

Chromium steel was first made in ancient Persia, according to a new study: The findings are significant given that material scientists, historians and archaeologists have long considered that chromium steel was a 20th century innovation

The world’s fastest data transmission rate has been achieved by a team of UCL engineers