mastodon 4.7.3On this instance, idw toots all published press releases on research results, research projects and scientific publications of our members.
More information about idw on our website: https://idw-online.de/en/
Research offers for journalists: https://idw-online.de/en/journalistoffers
How does the body respond to threats? Dr Belkis Ezgi Arikan studies how self-generated touch shapes perception & action - opening new paths for treating anxiety disorders. @belkisezgiarikan.bsky.social @rochelleackerley.bsky.social #Neuroscience
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/27/how-the-body-perceives-and-responds-to-threats-new-insights-into-anxiety-disorders-and-phobias
Thuringian research institutes, such as @Fraunhofer_IOF@wisskomm.social, are working on the development of a machine that will be able to create nanostructures covering an area of up to one square meter with a positioning accuracy of less than one atom.
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/21/large-area-nanostructures-with-atomic-precision
Bitter Tasting Herbal Extracts Stimulate Gastric Cells
The Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the TU of Munich has now gained new insights into this mechanism. https://www.leibniz-lsb.de/en/press-public-relations/pm-20260511-press-release-bitter-tasting-herbal-extracts-stimulate-gastric-cells
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/05/11/bitter-tasting-herbal-extracts-stimulate-gastric-cells
