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Life & Chemistry

Gene Duplication and Disease: Understanding ICF Syndrome Risks

The ICF syndrome is a genetic developmental disorder that, among other things, leads to an immune deficiency and therefore increases the susceptibility of…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Rapid Changes in the Arctic Ecosystem Today

The aims of HZG’s research within ECOTIP are, on the one hand, to undertake expeditions in the Arctic so that the environment can be studied on site, while on…

Information Technology

Project AUTOASSERT: New Software Tool for German Electronics

They are the ‘innovation drivers of the digitalization’ in Germany: In order to support the small and medium-sized companies of the electronics industry, the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Mobile Measuring Instruments: Tracking Methane Emissions Effectively

Methane (CH4) is one of the main causes of global warming, but the contribution of the individual methane sources is still not exactly known. Such…

Event News

Exploring COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Insights from Experts

International experts will discuss these issues at an English-language virtual panel discussion organised by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina…

Health & Medicine

Nutrients in Microalgae: A Sustainable Fish Alternative

Microalgae have been the focus of several decades of research – initially as a raw material for alternative fuels, but more recently as a source of nutrients…

Life & Chemistry

Organized Chaos in Enzyme Complex: New Insights Unveiled

In textbooks, metabolic pathways always look a bit like assembly-line work. One enzyme follows another – like pearls on a string. Intermediate products are…

Life & Chemistry

Gut Bacteria Enhance Type 2 Diabetes Risk Prediction

The microbial composition of the intestines is complex and varies widely from one individual to another. Many factors such as environmental factors, lifestyle,…

Social Sciences

Innovations for Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic World

The third report released by the TWI2050 initiative titled, Innovations for Sustainability: Pathways to an efficient and sufficient post-pandemic future,…

Health & Medicine

Coupled hair cells in the inner ear – „Together we are strong!“

Hearing is one of our most important senses. Hearing disorders are very common: according to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 466 million people…

Earth Sciences

Spring Snowmelt in Arctic Sparks New CO2 Emissions

Studies have shown the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the world, and its soil holds twice the amount of carbon dioxide as the…

Materials Sciences

Innovative Carbon-Loving Materials Cut Industrial Emissions

Results published in Chem demonstrate a fabrication method for membrane materials that can overcome current bottlenecks in selectivity and permeability, key…

Life & Chemistry

Coronavirus Mutation: Understanding Its Global Dominance

Flashback to mid-March: the novel coronavirus had reached San Diego, California. Few people could get tested, and even less was known about how the virus…

Health & Medicine

New Antibodies Found for Rare Polio-Like Disease in Kids

The illness, called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), causes sudden weakness in the arms and legs following a fever or respiratory illness. More than 600 cases…

Medical Engineering

Multi-Channel Cochlear Implants: A New Era in Hearing Aids

Conventional hearing prostheses, so-called cochlear implants (CI), stimulate the auditory nerve of severely hearing impaired or deaf people by applying…

Life & Chemistry

How Randomness Shapes Stem Cell Dynamics and Development

Stem cells are central to organ development and renewal. In most organs, stem cells are located in specific regions and, in some cases, can be identified…

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