Inland waters are of outstanding importance in Germany and worldwide for drinking water supply, ecology, tourism and agriculture. In Saxony alone there are 23…
The Middle East accommodates more than half of the world’s known oil and gas reserves. The intense fossil fuel exploitation in this region is responsible for…
FISBA, one of the world's leading independent providers in the field of micro photonics, is exhibiting from 4-6 February 2020 at Photonics West in San…
The refractive power of the human eye lens stems from a highly concentrated protein solution. These proteins are created during embryonic development and must…
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common form of blood cancer (leukemia) in the Western world, affecting approximately 1.2% of all cancer…
Cities all over the world are expanding. A number of studies have already shown that the conversion of natural areas into built land affects insects and, while…
The focus is on the messenger substance interleukin-33 (IL-33). If the production of IL-33 in regulatory T cells in the tumor and in the immediate vicinity of…
That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While…
Most cancers are caused by a large variety of factors that vary from one person to another. To unravel this complexity, genes that contribute to the…
Contrary to previous assumptions, the new results show that the process known as the ‘proximity effect’ varies considerably at a nanometre scale. The results…
However, since the beginning of this year its chromosomes became the new centre of attention, when researchers discovered a new type of centromere inherent to C. europaea…
Artificial intelligence can help cancer patients start their radiation therapy sooner – and thereby decrease the odds of the cancer spreading – by instantly…
In order to combat diseases, different therapies strive to intervene in pathological processes that occur in the cell nucleus. Chemotherapies, for example,…
Recycling, the reuse of material, saves energy and resources. No wonder that nature also recycles. In the cells, tiny organelles, so-called endosomes, separate…
Improving our understanding of the immune system
Not only is current lithography slow, it also wastes materials and energy, is poorly adapted to combining a large number of distinct materials, and extremely…
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