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Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Nobelium: Laser Light’s Role in Heavy Element Study

Nuclei of heavy elements can be produced at minute quantities of a few atoms per second in fusion reactions using powerful particle accelerators. The obtained…

Life & Chemistry

Deep Biosphere Microbes Uncover Hidden Life Signatures

A major part of the biologic activity on Earth is hidden underneath the soil down to depths of several kilometres in an environment coined the “deep…

Physics & Astronomy

Entangled Quantum Mechanics in Ultracold Atomic Clouds

A system's state is characterised as entangled or quantum correlated if two or more particles cannot be described as a combination of separate, independent…

Medical Engineering

New nuclear medicine technique could help tackle brain disease

A new molecular imaging method can monitor the success of gene therapy in all areas of the brain, potentially allowing physicians to more effectively tackle…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to target Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Jupiter's iconic storm is on the Webb telescope's list of targets chosen by guaranteed time observers, scientists who helped develop the incredibly complex…

Physics & Astronomy

New Type of Chaos Discovered

For 40 years, it has been known that lasers utilizing time-delayed feedback of the original signal can cause chaotic intensity fluctuations (top of figure,…

Life & Chemistry

Nervous system: the spatial organization of a nerve cell influences how its processes degenerate

During the development of the human nervous system, billions of nerve cells connect up in order to communicate with each another. To this end, they use their…

Life & Chemistry

Striking differences in brain morphology between wild and domestic rabbits

In contrast to domestic rabbits, wild rabbits have a very strong flight response because they are hunted by eagles, hawks, foxes and humans, and therefore must…

Awards Funding

Innovative tissue analysis: Munich spin-off project receives Helmholtz funding

Examining tissue samples is an essential tool for investigating diseases and is a mainstay in the field of diagnostics. Conventionally, tissue is fixed, sliced…

Life & Chemistry

Evolution of Metabolic Dependency as Base for Ancestral Symbiosis

When life on earth developed, symbiotic associations arose as a successful strategy millions of years ago, with which organisms of different species cooperate…

Health & Medicine

New theranostic strategy developed for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy

A novel, intelligent theranostic agent for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy has been developed that remains as small molecules while circulating in the…

Earth Sciences

New study explains Antarctica's coldest temperatures

After sifting through data from several Earth-observing satellites, scientists announced in 2013 that they found surface temperatures of -93 degrees Celsius…

Life & Chemistry

Semen Proteins Boost Ebola Virus Spread, Study Reveals

Protein fragments, called amyloid fibrils, in human semen significantly increase Ebola virus infection and protect the virus against harsh environmental…

Physics & Astronomy

Frankfurt Physicists Discover New Limits on Neutron Star Size

How large is a neutron star? Previous estimates varied from eight to sixteen kilometres. Astrophysicists at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the FIAS have…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Asymmetric Plasmonic Antennas for Fast Optoelectronics Pulses

Classical electronics allows frequencies up to around 100 gigahertz. Optoelectronics uses electromagnetic phenomena starting at 10 terahertz. This range in…

Life & Chemistry

Blockade at the Receptor: Targeting Chlamydia Infections

Chlamydia trachomatis is the main cause of sexually transmitted diseases. More than 131 million people are infected with this bacterium worldwide. If detected…

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