More and more people around the world live in cities. Accordingly, settlement areas are also rapidly increasing, often at the expense of near-natural habitats….
Threats imposed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are commonly associated with its supposed superior capabilities. Instead, the most imminent danger arises from…
Just like 50 years ago, the IOW will again go on five monitoring cruises this year, collecting data at stations that were already defined as reference points…
Simulations on supercomputers answer important industrial questions, such as how air flows behave in air conditioning systems, on rotor blades or for entire…
Artemisinin is derived from the leaves and flowers of the annual mugwort (Artemisia annua) and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. The…
A team of researchers under the direction of the Medical Center – University of Freiburg has succeeded in demonstrating in an animal model that previously…
“Long-necked dinosaurs” (sauropods) were among the most successful herbivores of the Mesozoic Era – the age of the dinosaurs. Characteristic for this group…
Graphene is a promising material for use in nanoelectronics. Its electronic properties depend greatly, however, on how the edges of the carbon layer are formed.
In the course of digitalization and increasingly comprehensive monitoring of processes, automated workflows, also in biomedical and environmental engineering,…
The function of so-called “TH9” cells in humans remains elusive. These interleukin-9 (IL-9)-producing T helper (TH) cells play an important role in…
Chronic inflammatory diseases are caused by a complex mixture of various factors. This leads eventually to the intestine's immune system becoming…
‘All higher animal life forms, including us humans, produce cholesterol. Algae and bacteria produce their own characteristic fat molecules.’ says first author…
Scientists discover universal principles of evolution
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Coral reefs are demolished from within, by bio-eroding sponges. Seeking refuge from predators, these sponges bore tunnels into the carbonate coral structures,…
More than 40 billion capillaries — tiny, hair-like blood vessels — are tasked with carrying oxygen and nutrients to the far reaches of the human body.
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