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Medical Xpress / Stress intensifies pain and makes it harder to regulate emotions in cases of depression and fibromyalgia
A new study led by the Central Institute of Mental Health shows that people with depression and fibromyalgia exhibit nearly identical patterns of impaired emotional regulation and that stress significantly worsens pain and ...
Medical Xpress / Unpaid caregiving work can feel small and personal, but that doesn't take away its ethical value
As child care costs outpace wages, more families are facing difficult decisions about whether to scale back work in order to care for loved ones. Caregiving remains the top reason women ages 25–54 leave the workforce.
Phys.org / Ancient hunter-gatherer DNA may explain why some people live to 100 years or more
Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival technologies, such as stone tools. They may also have given us the secret to a long life. A new study ...
Phys.org / Laser light and the quantum nature of gravity: Proposed experiment could measure graviton energy exchange
When two black holes merge or two neutron stars collide, gravitational waves can be generated. They spread at the speed of light and cause tiny distortions in space-time. Albert Einstein predicted their existence, and the ...
Phys.org / Gentrification hits Spain's medium cities
For the first time, a study analyzes and compares the intensity and expansion of the phenomenon of gentrification (replacement of a population of lower socioeconomic status by another with higher purchasing power) in Spain ...
Phys.org / 2.8 days to disaster: Why we are running out of time in low earth orbit
A "House of Cards" is a wonderful English phrase that it seems is now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama. However, its original meaning is of a system that is fundamentally unstable. It's also the term Sarah ...
Dialog / The moon-forming event: Why it was by explosive ejection rather than a giant impact
One of the oldest unsolved riddles in planetary science concerns the origin of the moon. Over a century ago, George Darwin proposed that tidal and centrifugal forces on a rapidly rotating proto-Earth caused the moon to be ...
Phys.org / Dark matter search narrows as detector sets new limits and spots solar neutrinos
Australian researchers have played a central role in a landmark result from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment in South Dakota—the world's most sensitive dark matter detector. Today, scientists working on the experiment report ...
Medical Xpress / Report calls for tailored health policies to address Nebraska's rural-urban disparities
A research team supported by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Grand Challenges initiative has published a new policy paper that calls for innovative, place-based solutions to advance health equity in Nebraska and beyond.
Phys.org / Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform
The Oct. 27, 2025, interview between former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and political streamer Nick Fuentes created a rare public divide inside the MAGA movement.
Phys.org / How can we effectively regulate international trade in wild species?
Overexploitation (harvesting at a rate that exceeds the ability of populations to recover) is a major driver of biodiversity loss. Globally, tens of thousands of animal, plant and fungi species are used and traded at different ...
Medical Xpress / Reduced cognitive performance in late midlife may predict frailty in older age
Frailty is a syndrome resulting from age-related decline across multiple organ systems. A new study, conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, shows that slower reaction time and lower response accuracy in cognitive ...
