NEW YORK: Artificial brain models will let scientists understand the brain and cure its diseases, says Professor Henry Markram.

Markram, formerly of the Weizmann Institute, is director of Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is coordinating the HBP among Read More »

CHICAGO: Music, dance, diet and exercise may be keys to slowing down dementia by up to five years, a New Zealand research group believes.

Brain Research NZ, a new collaborative center of research excellence led by Auckland and Otago Universities, wants to recruit people later Read More »

SEATTLE: An anonymous donor has stumped up nearly $1 million to fund an annual “Nobel” prize for researchers who come up with ways to improve the life of the elderly.

The Ryman Prize is named after Ryman Healthcare, the New Zealand retirement community operator chosen Read More »

BOSTON: Yet another company has launched a pet-like robot for the healthcare market hoping to harness the positive effects that animal companions demonstrably have on ill people while avoiding maintenance costs and possible allergy issues.

Unlike the bearoid robot ROBEAR, introduced earlier this week in Read More »