Various stress effects make an integral part of modern life, and their minimization is of particular relevance. Currently, much attention is being paid to the…
In industrial countries, nearly one in three people are affected by allergies at some point in their lives. One in ten children suffer from atopic dermatitis….
Differentiation of the embryo
The use of stem cells to repair organs is one of the foremost goals of modern regenerative medicine. Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig…
For their study, the plant researchers examined the roots of the thale cress plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. They cultivated normal plants and plants in which…
During early brain development, there are restricted time windows, so-called „critical periods“, in which the juvenile brain is particularly plastic and gets…
Nanochemistry offers a range of classic design shapes, such as cubes, rods, wires, and even “nanoflakes,” all built from atom clusters.
Scientists working in a range of disciplines joined forces to identify a new approach to combat African sleeping sickness. Fundamental research undertaken…
Men and women may be differently susceptible to obesity, insulin resistance, and other cardio-metabolic traits. Women often have more advantageous metabolic…
“In the past 70 years, the use of antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine has steadily increased, leading to a dramatic rise in resistant microorganisms,”…
“The winner takes it all, the loser standing small” – that’s not just true in the famous ABBA song, but also in animal development. Frequently, a group of…
From mid-February to the end of March, the research vessel METEOR is going on a new expedition. On board are scientists from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical…
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have used one of the most advanced microscopes in the world to…
Platinum can be cytotoxic when oxidised to platinum(II) and occurs in this form in conventional platinum-based chemotherapeutics. Non-oxidised platinum(0),…
Producing traditional solar cells made of silicon is very energy intensive. On top of that, they are rigid and brittle. Organic semiconductor materials, on the…
Sleep in birds and mammals is very similar with two distinct sleep phases. During rapid eye movement (REM) sleep the eyes twitch, the muscles relax and the…
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