Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): A recent Baycrest research found that adults without dementia risk factors like smoking, diabetes, or hearing loss had brain health compared to those who are 10 to 20 years younger than them. The research discovered that only one dementia risk factor can age a person's cognitive health by up to three years.

Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): According to a new study that examined memory in expert birdwatchers, having expert knowledge in a subject helps us memorize new information. This is because, while forgetting often happens when similar memories interfere with each other, expert knowledge provides a mental organizational structure or scaffolding, that helps us keep new items that we want to learn distinct from each other. This reduces confusion between similar items, in this case, similar-looking birds.

Bengaluru Jan 22 PTI Professor Tarun Souradeep has assumed charge as the Director of the prestigious Raman Research Institute here the institute authorities said Prof Souradeep who took charge as RRI director was earlier a professor and the chair of the physics department at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research IISER Pune Naresh V S administrative officer of RRI said in a statement He got his PhD from Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics IUCAA Pune and was a postdoctoral fellow at Kansas State Universitys High Energy Physics Group and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics the statement said It further said that Prof Souradeeps area of expertise is Cosmology and Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy areas in which he has made important contributions and succeeded in creating a strong sustained Indian effort addressing issues at par with international research The impact of the Indian team led by the scientist is widely recognized both in the field of cosmology with frontline Cosmic Microwave Background experiments CMB and the emergent field of gravitational wave GW astronomy according to the statement Prof Souradeep is the spokesperson Science for LIGO-India and Member Secretary of LIGO - India Scientific Management Board Together with Prof Bala Iyer then at RRI he was one of lead proposers of the national mega-science LIGO-India project way back in 2011 the statement said He is a recipient of various awards including DST Swarnajayanti Fellowship Gruber Cosmology Prize 2016 and 2018 and the Special breakthrough Prize for 2016 He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and the Indian Academy of Sciences the statement read PTI GMS GMS SS SS

New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Correlations between waves in atomic systems or spin coherences are long-lived at ultralow temperatures, says a new study by scientists who have developed a new technique to measure it, as per the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): A new study that was jointly conducted by Baycrest and York University has reported that learning a second language is an effective and enjoyable way to improve brain health.