Amyloid plaques, which are protein deposits, play a crucial role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes. Several teams of scientists…

Up to 1000 pollen per second flow by the optical window in a narrow channel on the stamp sized chip. A digital camera captures each of the tiny single grains…

At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), physicist Professor Thomas Schimmel and his team have developed a single-atom transistor, the smallest transistor…

Rice University atomic physicists have verified a key prediction from a 55-year-old theory about one-dimensional electronics that is increasingly relevant…

Orsolya Valkó and her team from University of Debrecen, Hungary, studied an aspect of plant dispersal which has been so far overlooked: what is the fate of…

In the future, today’s electronic storage technology may be superseded by devices based on tiny magnetic structures. These individual magnetic regions…

Scientists have succeeded in observing the first long-distance transfer of information in a magnetic group of materials known as antiferromagnets.

The formation of protein complexes is a highly organised process that does not begin with the “finished” proteins. Studies conducted by researchers at the…

The objective of the Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) on Space Robotics Technologies is to advance European research and development in the field of space…

A reflection always reproduces objects as a complete mirror image, rather than just its individual parts or individual parts in a completely different…

There is an acute need for action if global warming is to be mitigated to a reasonable extent. In this context, the current World Climate Report winks at a…

Smallholder farms are classified as being made up of fields less than around 2 ha in size. Evidence is increasing that such farms make a substantial…

The setting is always in the same river sections. And the victims are always brown trout. Within a matter of days, their skin turns dark and the animals…

From 3 to 14 December, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 24) will take place in Katowice, Poland, where the member states will discuss climate protection…

Producing active ingredients with very specific properties – antibacterial characteristics, for example – is not always so easy. The reason: many of these…

Close to the border with Algeria, the Erfoud region in Morocco – known to tourists for its impressive sand dunes – offered ideal conditions for the four-week…

With funding provided by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 128, researchers at the Medical Center of…

Fodder experiments in guinea pigs provide insights into the causes of tooth wear / Findings could allow scientists to reconstruct the feeding behavior and…

Synthetic molecules are essential for many products in our lives: medicines, crop protection agents or special materials such as Teflon. These molecules have…

‘All higher animal life forms, including us humans, produce cholesterol. Algae and bacteria produce their own characteristic fat molecules.’ says first author…