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Antibody therapies: No clinical benefit against Alzheimer’s

In Alzheimer's dementia, clumps of beta-amyloid proteins form, causing brain cells to die (right). © selvanegra/ iStock In people with Alzheimer's dementia,...

Photo worth seeing: How inductive charging is changing our energy supply

Nejila Parspour, director of the Institute for Electrical Energy Conversion (IEW) at the University of Stuttgart, has been working on inductive charging...

Huge magma reservoir discovered beneath Tuscany

The oldest geothermal power plant in the world, Larderello, is located in Tuscany. Geologists have now discovered the reason for the heat underground....

Threatened masculinity puts a strain on men and society

How do supposed “ideals of masculinity” affect men’s psyches and their behavior? © Feodora Chiosea/ iStock When men don’t feel “manly enough,”...

Time travel to the beginnings of the cosmos

The cosmological simulation COLIBRE shows the development of large cosmic structures (left), but also the formation and growth of individual galaxies. © Schaye...

Mammalian ancestor laid eggs 250 million years ago

Drawing of a fossil Lystrosaurus embryo in the egg. These mammalian ancestors lived 250 million years ago. © Julien Benoit / Sophie Vrard...

New process recycles phosphorus from sewage sludge

The element phosphorus is not only important as a plant nutrient, it is also an indispensable industrial raw material. © Just_Super/ iSTock ...

Industrial wastewater can neutralize CO2

Alkaline industrial wastewater could be used to bind CO2. © Hereon/Jennifer Simmons So far, alkaline industrial wastewater from steel or cement production...

How reproducible are social science studies?

Scientific studies should be reproducible, replicable and robust. © ispyfriend/ iStock In science, reproducibility and replicability are important criteria for the credibility...

Newly discovered microbe provides insights into the beginnings of life

Researchers have discovered ancient Asgard archaea in these stromatolites in Shark Bay, Western Australia. © University of New South Wales/Adobe Stock The...

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