An analysis of the brains of military personnel exposed to bomb blasts or concussive injuries, combined with experiments simulating the effect of blasts on the brain, suggests how soldiers could be better protected from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

PA 134/12 - Researchers from The University of Nottingham are leading the largest ever international research project into the genetics of the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia.

Scientists at the University of Bristol have shed new light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: how the brain initiates rhythmic movements like walking, running and swimming.

Hospitals in large cities act as breeding grounds for the superbug MRSA prior to it spreading to smaller hospitals.

Edinburgh scientists have joined a global team to solve a 150-year-old scientific mystery.

How horses use memory, sight and sound to recognise humans - A new University of Sussex study published online today (16 May 2012) shows that domestic horses use a sophisticated cognitive system to identify individuals of species other than their own.

Genes play a greater role in forming character traits than was previously thought, new research suggests.

Why diabetics suffer from increased pain and temperature sensitivity is a step closer to being understood and effectively treated.