Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Loss of a cultural landscape

Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx has presented a poetically engaging non-fiction book...

Photo worth seeing: Dinosaurs – giants of prehistoric times

A study sheds light on when dinosaurs might have developed the ability to regulate body temperature, which they passed on to birds... more An examination...

Photo worth seeing: New magnets for nuclear fusion

Researchers have made important progress in nuclear fusion. A new type...

Photo worth seeing: Technology imitates our sense of softness

Until now, it was difficult for technical sensors to sense the softness...

Photo worth seeing: Wildlife in the pandemic

From one day to the next - the lockdowns of the Covid-19...

Photo worth seeing: An embryonic disco ball

All life starts small. In the first few weeks of their...

Photo worth seeing: In the kingdom of the seahorses

These red and white, knobby dwarf seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti) are visually one...

Photo worth seeing: Bats protect crops in agriculture

Infestation of crops by pests such as insects is an ongoing problem...

Photo worth seeing: New protection for cocoa trees

The beans of a cocoa plant produce the ever-popular chocolate. However,...

Photo worth seeing: A bacterial peptide against bacteria

Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial diseases such as pneumonia or meningitis....

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 –...

Record keeping capacity among insects found

Left: A seal louse has a firm grip on a seal's hair. Right: Detailed view of the underwater parasite’s “carabiner hook”. ©...

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...

Mammals: Males are usually no larger than females

In Grant's gazelles, the males (right) are larger than the females, as in many even-toed ungulates. © Kaia Tombak ...

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 ...

The Arctic could be ice-free in just a few years

When the Arctic Ocean no longer supports sea ice in summer, the marine ecosystem will change drastically. © TT / iStock ...

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...

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