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The Changing Science of Ageing: New Perspectives on the Biology of Growing Older

1 August 2026

As recently as the mid-20th century, ageing was described by Nobel Prize laureate Peter Medawar as “an unsolved problem in biology”. Today, researchers can analyse the activity of thousands of genes in individual cells and…

Study Shows How the Adolescent Brain Reshapes Memory

24 July 2026

Scientists have long known that the brain continues developing well beyond the teenage years, with important changes in decision-making, emotional…

Scientists Design “Ageing Clocks” to Predict Age-Related Decline

24 May 2026

Ageing is a complex biological process, and accurately measuring how the body declines over time has long challenged scientists. People…

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Sleep Quality Matters: REM and Deep Sleep Associated With Disease Risk

24 September 2026

Getting enough REM and deep sleep may be associated with a lower risk of dozens of diseases, while sleeping fewer than five hours a night is linked to substantially higher disease risk, according to a…

Sustainable Diet Changes Could Lower Emissions Without Higher Food Costs

6 July 2026

Modest changes to meat and dairy consumption could help Scotland meet its climate targets while improving public health and nutrition,…

The Arts and Healthy Ageing: Evidence of a Slower Ageing Pace

28 May 2026

Regular participation in arts and cultural activities such as reading, listening to music, or visiting museums and galleries may help…

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Brain Health

New research challenges traditional view of the human brain as a single organ

22 September 2026

For centuries, scientists have viewed the brain as a single, unified organ. But new Stanford Medicine-led research suggests that the human brain develops from two distinct systems with separate origins, challenging a long-standing model of…