Two new projects of the University of Stuttgart at the Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Tübingen „Cognitive Interfaces“
The SUP05 bacterial population puzzles researchers. Why, for example, are these microbes found in the open ocean, even though there is no basis for life for…
Our cerebral cortex, a sheet of neurons, connections and circuits, comprises “ancient” regions such as the hippocampus and “new” areas such as the six-layered…
Successful reproduction not only includes mating success but also effective care of one own’s offspring for many animal species. Such brood care can demand a…
A study by scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) points to a novel potential approach against Alzheimer’s disease. In studies…
The international team of astronomers, led by Jessica Spake, a PhD student at the University of Exeter in the UK, used Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 to discover…
Alzheimer's disease destroys brain cells in part by promoting the formation of insoluble clumps that contain a protein called tau. Not only are these “tau aggregates” toxic for the cells that harbor them, but they also invade and destroy neighboring brain cells, or neurons, which speeds the cognitive decline associated with the Alzheimer's. For those reasons, Alzheimer's researchers have been intensely interested in therapies aimed at either preventing tau aggregation or blocking its spread. Now, researchers at the UCLA School…
“Most people are familiar with viruses,” said Christopher Schvarcz, the UH Mānoa oceanography graduate student who led the project as part of his doctoral…
Physicists and material scientists have succeeded in constructing a motor and an energy storage device from one single component. They used an elastic polymer…
Our educational system considers individual learning to be key for a modern and inclusive society. Nevertheless, today's learning environments seem to take a…
Around 200 million cubic meters of liquid manure from livestock farming end up in fields and meadows in Germany every year. More than 90 percent of the “black…
When light of specific frequency hits a semiconductor crystal, it is absorbed and produces a excitation, a state of higher energy. In solar cells, this energy…
Sandy deserts aren't smooth. Like water surfaces, they are decorated by tiny surface ripples and much larger waves, called dunes, excited by turbulent winds….
The humble glass microscope slide may be primed for a makeover.
In an amazing achievement akin to adding solar panels to your body, a Northeast sea slug sucks raw materials from algae to provide its lifetime supply of…
Manufacturers of vehicle and machine components often use high-strength steels to save material in lightweight construction and for crash-relevant structural…
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