The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain’s “GPS system”. UK-based researcher Prof John O’Keefe as well as May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser share the award. They discovered how the brain knows where we are and is able to navigate from one place to another. Their findings may help explain why Alzheimer’s disease patients cannot recognise their surroundings. “The discoveries have […]

A mathematician of Indian-origin has won the prestigious Fields Medal, known as the ‘Nobel Prize for mathematics’. Manjul Bhargava, a Canadian-American professor of mathematics at Princeton University, was among four winners of the celebrated award. Iranian-born Maryam Mirzakhani, who works in the US, has become the first ever female winner of the Fields Medal. The medals will be presented in Seoul at the International Congress of Mathematicians, held every four […]