Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Stretchable sensors for personalized medicine

The term personalized medicine has been established for several years. This refers to individual diagnoses and forms of therapy tailored to the patient. Although...

Just follow your nose

Dogs' sensitive sense of smell provides their four-legged friends with a lot of information, whether when hunting or looking for a partner. PixieMe –...

How plants could become decorative lamps

This genetically modified petunia emits a continuous glow. The light is generated by genes isolated from bioluminescent fungi and introduced into the plant....

Horizontal transfer of an entire chromosome demonstrated

Genetic material can be transmitted in different ways. © peterschreiber.media/iStock On the trail of an astonishing exchange of genetic information: Researchers have demonstrated horizontal chromosome...

Trees for conscience

Trees against greenhouse gas emissions: Forest planting campaigns with volunteers are intended to help the climate and the environment.Robert Kneschke – stock.adobe.com ...

New technology removes common antibiotics from wastewater

Levofloxacin regularly ends up in nature via human urine and wastewater. © gyro / iStock Levofloxacin is a commonly prescribed and extremely effective antibiotic. Unfortunately,...

Bumblebees impart expert knowledge to each other

A bumblebee carries out two learned work steps in a small experimental facility and is observed by a "student". © Queen Mary University...

Baltic Sea fish put themselves on a diet

Among other things, the researchers focused on flounders in the Baltic Sea. © Sakis Lazarides/iStock In order to cover their increased food requirements when water...

Arterial connections improve stroke recovery

Blood vessels that connect neighboring arterial trees can prevent permanent brain damage from occurring after a stroke. They regulate blood circulation in the brain...

How astro-dust could have fertilized life

Artist's impression of an asteroid disintegrating into dust near Earth. © NASA / JPL Caltech How could the first organic molecules that became the basis...

How did the first RNA molecules develop on prehistoric Earth?

Single-stranded RNA molecules mark the beginning of evolution. © Christoph Burgstedt / iStock Before DNA-containing living beings colonized the earth, a wide variety of simple...

Ecosystems follow two opposite trends

The American red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), native to northern Mexico and the southeast of the USA, is an example of a species that...

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