Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Major Insect Study Reveals Declines on Land, Recoveries in Water

Despite these overall averages, local trends are highly variable. These are the results from the largest study of insect change to date, now published in the…

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New Statistical Method Uncovers Complex Dependencies at TU Dresden

Distance multivariance is a multivariate dependence measure, which can detect dependencies between an arbitrary number of random vectors each of which can have…

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Microbial Individuality: Insights From Ocean Seawater Study

A single drop of seawater can contain a wide representation of ocean microbes from around the world – revealing novel insights into the ecology, evolution and…

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Examining Sperm Quality Through Metabolism at TU Dresden

Thanks to the advanced possibilities, in vitro fertilization is part of everyday medical practice. The so-called swim-up method is a sperm purification method…

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Understanding Touch Perception: Insights from Brain Innovation

An encouraging pat on the back or a soft sweater on the skin – even things that we do not actively explore with the hands, we perceive with our body…

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Stabilizing Sulfur Cathodes with Single Li-Ion Channel Polymer

Polymer binder, as an essential component of electrode, acts to bond the active material and are related to the performance of batteries. Unfortunately, the…

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Detecting Stress and Heart Rate with Your Smartphone

Can we use our smartphones without any other peripherals or wearables to accurately extract vital parameters, such as heart beat rate and stress level?

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Virtual "moonwalk" for science reveals distortions in spatial memory

In order to remember where important events happened, or how to get from A to B, our brains form mental “maps” of our environment. An important component of…

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Autonomous Agriculture by 2045: Transforming Global Farming

The development and introduction of machines ranging from highly automated to driverless will have a strong impact on global agriculture. This inevitably…

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Eating Habits That Shift Internal Clocks and Hormones

The research conducted in mice found that the time-of-day dependent metabolic cycle is altered by high caloric diet. Since glucocorticoids are widely used…

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Horses Learn From Humans: Insights From University Study

Two students at Nürtingen-Geislingen University studied learning techniques applied by horses for learning how to open a feed box after observing humans doing…

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ECG procedure indicates whether an implantable defibrillator will extend a patient's life

In heart patients with potentially life-threatening arrhythmias, a strong electrical shock applied to the cardiac muscle can reset the heart to its regular…

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Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane

The research suggests that this methane has less carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 (denoting the weight of the carbon atom at the centre of the methane molecule)…

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Virtual Treasure Hunt Unveils Memory Mapping in the Brain

Part of the medial temporal lobe, the entorhinal cortex seems to play an important role. But how exactly does this part of our brain, located close to the…

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New Torso Simulator Sparks Innovations in Back Brace Design

Engineers have for the first time created a simulator mimicking the mechanical behaviour of the human torso – which could lead to innovations in the design of…

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Fat Cells Linked to Melanoma Transformation, Study Reveals

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Carmit Levy and Dr. Tamar Golan of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at TAU's Sackler School…

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