Animals that live in groups face a variety of challenging social situations. The competition for food and mating partners as well as the establishment of the…
Aim of the international project FlexHyJoin, funded by the European Union’s program for research and innovation “Horizon 2020”, is the novel development of a…
In the latest issue of Science, Hermann Sachdev, a researcher from Professor Müllen’s department at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in…
About 25 years ago, Prof. Michael Hall discovered the protein “Target of Rapamycin” (TOR) at the Biozentrum. It is one of the most studied proteins of the…
Genetically identical cells do not always behave the same way. According to the accepted theory, the reason are random molecular processes – known as random…
The new transformers will replace the technology installed when the hydroelectric power plant first went into operation and will provide for a greater real…
For the 11th time, over 70 laser experts from research and industry will be sharing their insights into the latest techniques, beam sources, developments and…
“This metamaterial is something that we've known is theoretically possible, but no one had actually made it before,” says Yun Jing, an assistant professor of…
How the brain functions is still a black box: scientists aren't even sure how many kinds of nerve cells exist in the brain. To know how the brain works, they…
There's more to an ecosystem than the visible plants and animals. The soil underneath is alive with vital microbes. They make sure nutrients from dead plant…
The discovery of the regional variations in the lower mantle where it meets the core, which are up to three times greater than expected, will help scientists…
The transport of particles is usually induced by applying an external gradient to a system. Water, for example, flows down a slope and electric current is…
Tropical peat swamps are among the most important terrestrial carbon storage ecosystems on earth. A large part of these ecosystems are found in Indonesia and…
The brain still harbours many unknowns. Basically, it is assumed that it stores experiences by altering the connections between brain cells.
Researchers have found that fish oil transforms fat-storage cells into fat-burning cells, which may reduce weight gain in middle age.
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