People age at different speeds. Two bodies born the same year can wear down at very different rates. Extra body fat may be ...

We came to a bench where a graduate student was working on one of the key mysteries behind antiaging: How does a cell remember its former state? Borrowing from information theory, Sinclair believes in ...

A few months ago, some 160 scientists across physics, biology, and medicine met in Singapore for the first ever global conference on the physics of aging, or gerophysics. It's a niche discipline whose ...

For decades, the leading explanation for why bodies age has centered on wear and tear: DNA damage piling up, oxidative stress ...

The brain's immune system has long been thought to exist independently from the rest of the body, complete with its own ...

The global rise in obesity and population aging represents a major public health challenge, with growing evidence suggesting ...

Regular exercise may help the brain clear away harmful waste that can build up with age. Researchers found that physical activity supports several processes linked to the brain’s glymphatic cleanup ...

A new research perspective was published in Volume 18 of Aging on July 24, 2026, titled "A brief history of the hyperfunction ...

So, does aging really come with a smell of its own? According to Dr. Sonal Choudhary, a dermatologist and assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh, some aspects of this ...

Cognitive evaluations that ignore age-related arousal patterns may underestimate an older person’s cognitive resources.

Cardiovascular aging is a multifaceted process driven by molecular, cellular, and systemic changes that progressively impair cardiac structure and function.