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Smaller fish due to ocean warming

Tiny fossil fish “ear stones” have given researchers clues as to the size of the inhabitants of the twilight zone during what was once...

Flight test for antimatter cores

Collage of the ALICE detector and a galaxy. © ORIGINS Cluster/S. kwauka Although normal matter dominates over antimatter in the universe, there are many physical...

“Living medicine” against resistant germs

Lung tissue infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. © Rocco Mazzolini/CRG The hospital germ Pseudomonas aeruginosa is resistant to most antibiotics. A study now shows a way...

Intelligence on the trail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seZQmHg48wQ How is information translated into intelligent behavior in the brain? At the TU Darmstadt, an award-winning researcher is getting to the bottom of the...

Pollutant model needs to be revised

Atmospheric researcher Thomas Karl examined the air above Innsbruck. © University of Innsbruck The exhaust gases from road traffic trigger chemical reaction chains that produce...

On the trail of water using environmental DNA

Hydrogeologist Oliver Schilling analyzing spring water at Mount Fuji. © T Schilling Where does the water that the people in a region use come from?...

How flower patterns benefit pollinators

Illustration to the study. © Robin Richter et al., Functional Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14262 CC. License: BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ...

Relative Marriage in the Bronze Age Aegean

The depiction of a Minoan goddess holding chains of DNA instead of snakes serves as a symbol for the study. © Eva Skourtanioti ...

New sundew species found using social media

Species of the Drosera microphylla complex. © Thilo Krueger/ Curtin University The sundew is a relatively species-rich carnivorous plant. Six new species have now been...

Sound recording of a Martian dust devil

Video: This is what it sounded like when a sand devil hit the Mars rover Perseverance. Source: NPG Press Alien Sounds: The Perseverance rover recorded...

Hunting oyster mushrooms with chemical weapons

Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). © Sheng-Chian Juan To survive on low-nitrogen substrates, oyster mushrooms kill and eat tiny nematodes. A new study now provides insights...

Greenland: Warming up to central altitudes

Researchers extract an ice core in central Greenland. © Alfred Wegener Institute / Sepp Kipfstuhl "Fever diagnosis" of a special kind: A study documents how...

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