Research
Several major studies, published today, concur that virtually all current global human populations stem from a single wave of expansion out of Africa. Yet one...
It's over a hundred years since the first case of Alzheimer’s disease was diagnosed. Since then we’ve learned a great deal about the protein ‘tangles’...
New study identifies four strategies and two key methods for scaling up social businesses in developing countries in order to meet the unmet needs of...
An algorithm which models how proteins inside cells interact with each other will enhance the study of biology, and sheds light on how proteins work...
Researchers have identified a new mechanism controlling brain development: that neurons not only ‘smell’ chemicals in their environment, but also ‘feel’ their way through the...
Researchers have identified how alpha-synuclein, the protein associated with Parkinson’s Disease, enables communication between neurons in the brain, offering important clues about what may be...
Financial traders are better at reading their ‘gut feelings’ than the general population – and the better they are at this ability, the more successful...
Traveller communities have significantly lower uptake of vaccinations compared to the general population, suggesting that more work needs to be done to promote understanding and...
Communication between doctors and South Asian patients is poor, according to national GP surveys, but a question has been raised about whether this reflects genuinely...
Researchers have observed quantum effects in electrons by squeezing them into one-dimensional ‘quantum wires’ and observing the interactions between them. The results could be used...
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