Health & Medicine

Fingerprints reveal not only the perpetrator, but also what happened at a crime scene

Fingerprints appear to contain valuable information about the exact actions that took place during a crime. At present, fingerprints are mainly used in forensic research...

No shot, but still getting vaccinated: that seems possible in the future

Researchers have successfully developed a 'patch' with which people can still be vaccinated against COVID-19 in a pain-free and needle-free way. Some people have shivers...

Brain implant allows blind woman to see shapes

The blind test person Berna Gómez with the special glasses. (Image: University of Utah) A micro-implant could in the future enable blind people to...

Research proves that women are not at all more emotional than men

The stereotype still prevails that women are more emotional than men. But researchers are now sweeping that prejudice off the table. It is often...

Impaired immune timing in severe cases

Tiny pests: artist's depiction of coronaviruses. (Image: BlackJack3D / iStock) What went wrong in the body when a SARS-CoV-2 infection brings people to the...

COVID-19 can just transform into a childhood disease

As adults become immune, the risk of infection will shift to younger, unvaccinated children, researchers predict. What we know so far about the coronavirus seems...

Quarantined in a test tube: these flies underwent it for science

And it turns out that quarantined lone fruit flies sleep too little and eat too much. Recognizable? For many people, the lockdowns introduced have...

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