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Fred Schwaller

Berlin
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Covers:  Neuroscience, pain research, the broader biological sciences and psychology, as well as topics to help early career scientists
British born, Berlin-based science journalist and editor. Currently a news editor at Nature magazine.

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Fred Schwaller is a freelance science writer based in Berlin. He currently writes for the Pain Research Forum: www.painresearchforum.org

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Analgesia From General Anesthetics: A "Pain-Off" Switch in the Central Amygdala

Analgesia From General Anesthetics: A "Pain-Off" Switch in the Central Amygdala

General anesthetics used in surgeries are well known to cause loss of consciousness. This has often been assu…

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Brain Networks Controlling Endogenous Pain Modulation Differ According to Age and Sex

Brain Networks Controlling Endogenous Pain Modulation Differ According to Age and Sex

Over the next several decades, a rapid increase in aging populations will challenge healthcare systems around…

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Anesthetics Turn Off Pain - But Not Only Because They Put You to Sleep - RELIEF: PAIN RESEARCH NE...

Anesthetics Turn Off Pain - But Not Only Because They Put You to Sleep - RELIEF: PAIN RESEARCH NE...

General anesthetics used in surgeries cause loss of consciousness. This sedative effect has long been thought…

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How Well the Brain Dampens Pain Differs According to Age and Sex - RELIEF: PAIN RESEARCH NEWS, IN...

How Well the Brain Dampens Pain Differs According to Age and Sex - RELIEF: PAIN RESEARCH NEWS, IN...

Over the next several decades, a rapid increase in aging populations will challenge healthcare systems around…

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An Approved Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Also Eases Pain

An Approved Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Also Eases Pain

It takes billions of dollars and years of research and testing to develop new drugs, including novel treatmen…

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Going in Opposite Directions: The Role of the Amygdala in Pain

Going in Opposite Directions: The Role of the Amygdala in Pain

The role of the amygdala in pain has been closely considered by pain researchers for decades. The results hav…

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See the intricate worlds of parasites and algae — March’s best science images

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By Fred Schwaller
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The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. Expansion microscopy. This small colony of green algae (Stephanosphaera pluvialis) was captured using an imaging technique called expansion microscopy.These freshwater algae normally live in rainwater puddles and rock pools. Here, their microtubules have been labelled in green, and areas of high protein density labelled in magenta.
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See the Sun expand and contract like a pufferfish - January’s best science images

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By Fred Schwaller
| Nature Verified
Puffed-up Sun. Data from inside the Sun’s corona — the outermost layer of its atmosphere — helped astrophysicists to create a sharper picture of the Sun’s shifting boundaries than ever before. The corona’s outer edge, depicted in this illustration, has a rough, spiky shape that expands and contracts like a pufferfish as the Sun becomes more or less active.
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Scientists Are Getting Closer to Understanding How COVID-19 Triggers Long COVID

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By Fred Schwaller
| Citeline Verified
Published7 Jan 2026 Author Fred Schwaller Source BrainFacts/SfN Researchers have insight into how the SARS-CoV-2 virus harms the nervous system through inflammation. iStock.com/wildpixel Millions of people with long COVID grapple with extreme tiredness, shortness of breath, body pain, weakness, and brain fog. This debilitating chronic condition impacts their ability to work, study, and perform daily activities requiring physical strength or focus.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Pain research forum

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

The immediacy and the volume; sometimes it's too much to deal with without getting overwhelmed