The pollution of seas, lakes and rivers with plastic waste is a major environmental problem. Over time, objects made of plastics are mechanically broken down…
They occur in nature, are reactive and play a role in many biological processes: polyenes. It is no wonder that chemists have for a long time been interested…
Biodiversity is severely threatened both in Switzerland and worldwide, and numerous organisms are facing massive declines – particularly in freshwater…
Genes linked to ageing that could help explain why some people age at different rates to others have been identified by scientists. The international study…
The Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) of TU Dresden with its bioinformatics group and the spin-off PharmAI GmbH participate in such a competition – the so-called…
Like all cells, bacteria have a membrane that shields them from the outside like a skin. This barrier is not static, but has to allow transport of substances…
The so-called “love hormone” or “cuddle hormone” oxytocin is not only involved in strengthening the mother-child relationship and regulating social bonding. It…
Animals have an innate preference for certain scents and tastes. Attractive scents are linked to things like good food. Less attractive scents – that of…
The most prominent test method being used to detect whether someone suffers from an acute COVID-19 infection is the polymerase chain reaction, or briefly, PCR….
Ecologists believe that global climate change has had a particularly strong impact on animals and plants living in alpine regions, with expected changes in the…
Frogs and toads are green for a very good reason – it makes them harder to see in their leafy environments.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have uncovered the molecular architecture and organisational landscape of thylakoid membranes from a model…
For several years now, the team of the Macromolecular Crystallography Department (MX) at HZB headed by Dr. Manfred Weiss together with the Drug Design Group…
For many people algae are just an odorous nuisance on their vacation beach or unwelcome guests in the garden pond and aquarium.
Electron cryo-microscopy has become increasingly important in recent years, especially in shedding light on protein structures. The developers of the new…
Biologists from the University of Bayreuth have discovered a uniquely rapid form of regeneration in injured neurons and their function in the central nervous…
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