Emotional decision-making is difficult. This is how your brain does it
MIT researchers reveal how your brain makes decisions that are influenced by emotion or anxiety.
Fingerprint scans could save 5 million children’s lives
More than 5 million children under five lose their lives to vaccine-preventable diseases each year. Thumbprint scans could go a long way to saving them.
How paralysed patients powered machines with their minds to move again
Paraplegics are learning to walk again using a combination of virtual reality, a robotic walker and a brain-machine interface.
This is how many people antibiotic resistance could kill every year by 2050 if nothing is done
Infectious diseases are developing resistance to the antimicrobial drugs that we use to treat them. The time to act is now.
A new weapon in the fight against cancer: sticky nanoparticles
Bioadhesive, or 'sticky', nanoparticles could play a crucial role in fighting ovarian and uterine cancers.
The G20, the UN and the future of antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is finally getting the global attention it deserves. Now there are some crucial steps to take, say Jim O'Neill and Eric Goosby.
Studying a disease that affects hundreds of people could help millions
Adam Taylor explains how the study of rare diseases can lead to significant breakthroughs.
Shaping the Global Agenda on Ageing: Meeting the Needs of Cognitive Decline
The vaccine fridge that could save lives – with help from Einstein
An inventive new way to keep vaccines fresh while they travel to remote areas could save millions of lives.
The "social justice issue of our time": The challenge of non-communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) present a major challenge to global health, says Steve Davis.
The Malaria Box: an unusual approach to scientific research
The 'Malaria Box' aims to provide new solutions to help eradicate the disease.
Antibiotics, childbirth, and maternal and infant mortality
Infection presents a major risk to mothers and newborns, but antibiotics must be prescribed responsibly, argue Anthony Costello and Stefan S. Peterson.