As people age, muscles naturally lose mass and strength, a condition known as sarcopenia. The decline can make everyday ...

As people age, muscles naturally lose mass and strength, a condition known as sarcopenia. The decline can make everyday activities harder and increases the risk of falls, disability and early death.

Another layer emerged when the team measured VO₂ peak, a standard assessment of aerobic fitness. Fitness level sometimes ...

For decades, scientists assumed that order drives efficiency. Yet in the bustling machinery of mitochondria — the organelles that crank out adenosine ...

Michael Duchen, an expert in mitochondrial biology at University College London, has studied the cell’s tiny powerhouses for more than 30 years, but has struggled to model some conditions caused by ...

As temperatures dip below freezing, two areas of our bodies help to regulate our response, or the response of a winter athlete: peripheral tissues such as our skin and a structure at the base of our ...

Human memory and attention are core cognitive functions that shape perception, learning, and decision-making. And whilst decades of research have provided ...