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Medical Xpress / The nocebo effect: How prior experience and verbal suggestion rewire the brain to make pain worse

Researchers have a better understanding of the nocebo effect and the neuroscience behind it all. Opposite of the better-known placebo effect, where positive expectations trigger genuine pain relief, the nocebo effect is the ...

May 26, 2026
Tech Xplore / Privacy isn't dead, it's just that tech companies have made it inconvenient

"You have zero privacy … Get over it," Scott McNealy, then CEO of Sun Microsystems, declared in 1999.

May 27, 2026
Phys.org / Droplet-like clusters reveal new control switch for major drug-target receptors

A study by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine identifies a new way that G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs)—targets of roughly one-third of FDA-approved drugs—control signaling in cells. The paper is published ...

May 27, 2026
Phys.org / Low pH outside cells rewires transport network and displaces Golgi apparatus, study finds

A new study led by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) describes the mechano-chemical mechanism by which the acidity of the cellular environment destabilizes microtubules, the "avenues" that organize internal cellular ...

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / Tropical butterflies 'hedge bets' on reproduction as extreme seasons reshape Amazon life

New research from Queen Mary University of London shows how extreme seasonal patterns are causing rainforest butterflies to adapt their reproductive strategies at a rapid pace, with implications for species resilience under ...

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / Honeybees reveal Weber's law in flight when choosing paths

Honeybees are among the widely studied insects, due to their sophisticated, hierarchical social organization and their essential ecological role. Bees can move swiftly in natural environments, passing through narrow openings ...

May 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Planes, trains and pandemics: Lessons from COVID‑19 about travel risks posed by hantavirus and Ebola

International travel volumes have now fully recovered from the downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the upcoming World Cup poised to drive a surge in Canadian tourism, recent hantavirus and Ebola virus outbreaks remind ...

May 27, 2026
Medical Xpress / Blacks, Hispanics and Asians use asthma inhalers less than whites, study finds

Despite guidelines recommending daily controller inhalers as the best treatment for asthma, new UCLA-led research finds that Blacks, Hispanics and Asians use them less than whites, suggesting that socioeconomic factors and ...

May 27, 2026
Phys.org / Timing in early brain growth may explain why closely related mammals build strikingly different cortexes

The outer regions of the brain, the cortex, have specific layers of different cells—neurons—that are similarly ordered among all mammals, from tiny mouse brains to huge elephant brains. However, the proportions of different ...

May 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Low-insulinemic, planetary health diets optimize weight management during menopause

Adopting low-insulinemic and planetary health diets during menopause is associated with optimized weight management, according to a study published online May 20 in JAMA Network Open.

May 27, 2026
Medical Xpress / Simple blood test could lead to personalized lung cancer treatment

A single blood test could help doctors predict how lung cancer patients will respond to treatment before therapy begins, researchers have found. University of Queensland-led research focused on non-small cell lung cancer ...

May 27, 2026
Tech Xplore / The fountain of youth for lithium batteries

Open the battery health tab on your phone, and chances are pretty high that you'll be disappointed. And the amount of time squeezed from a full charge only decreases from there. That depreciation might seem unstoppable. But ...

May 27, 2026