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Medical Xpress / Disrupted brain balance in alcohol dependence involves two signaling pathways

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of the brain—and offers insights on developing drugs to treat this condition.

Dec 22, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Choosing the right blood pressure drug can reduce health care costs

Patients who start their blood pressure treatment with angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) drugs continue with the same medicine to a greater extent than patients who start out with other drugs. Choosing the right drug from ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Cardiology
Tech Xplore / People are getting their news from AI—and it's altering their views

Meta's decision to end its professional fact-checking program sparked a wave of criticism in the tech and media world. Critics warned that dropping expert oversight could erode trust and reliability in the digital information ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Earthquake swarm continues to rattle Northern California city, seismologists say

A swarm of at least a dozen earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 3.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

Dec 22, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Do autonomous vehicles deserve your trust? Experts weigh in

How safe are autonomous vehicles?

Dec 22, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / The way we manage fires needs to shift from 'siloed' to 'connected,' experts argue

It may seem obvious that climate change is making bushfires worse, but the truth is more complicated.

Dec 22, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / As measles cases rise, views of MMR vaccine safety and effectiveness—and willingness to recommend it—drop

The United States is experiencing the worst year for measles cases in more than three decades, with nearly 2,000 cases confirmed by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There have been 49 outbreaks spanning ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Vaccination
Tech Xplore / Uber and Lyft plan to bring robotaxis to London in partnerships with China's Baidu

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft plan to bring robotaxi services to London next year in separate partnerships with Chinese tech giant Baidu, the companies said Monday.

Dec 22, 2025 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Working in groups can help Republicans and Democrats agree on controversial content moderation online

Over half of Americans believe tech companies should take action to restrict extremely violent content on their platforms, according to Pew data, yet even trained content moderators consistently disagree in their decisions ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Heart attack deaths spike during the holidays

The holidays can turn deadly as research shows that more people die from heart attacks during the last week of December than at any other time of the year. While being aware of the signs of a heart attack and taking steps ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / Will the Scandinavian sleep method really help me sleep?

It begins with two people, one blanket, and two very different ideas of what's a comfortable sleeping temperature. By midnight, one partner is hot and sweaty while the other is freezing.

Dec 21, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Lily-like plants reveal centromere type evolution paths

The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct transmission of genetic information. Most plants and animals have chromosomes with a single centromere, known ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Biology