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

Fake audio or video content has been ranked by experts as the most worrying use of artificial intelligence in terms of its potential applications for crime or terrorism, according to a new UCL report.

Our brains have an upper limit on how much they can process at once due to a constant but limited energy supply, according to a new UCL study using a brain imaging method that measures cellular metabolism.