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Jet fuel made from this mustard plant can cut emissions by 68 percent

The aviation industry is still far too polluting. But scientists are proposing a – literally – 'green' alternative. Most planes are still powered by...

Stutterers don’t stutter if they think they are alone

And that provides new insight into why stuttering happens: the idea that someone is listening may play a key role. Worldwide there are about...

Evolution in evolutionary research

Charles Darwin is and will remain the symbol for the exploration of the development of life. (Image: dan_wrench / iStock) The venerable Charles Darwin...

Brain immune cells with sugar starvation

New look at the brain. (Image: Henrik5000 / iStock) At the onset of a neurodegenerative disease, the brain's immune cells called microglia take up...

Martian flash floods

A river bed formed by a lake on Mars. (Image: THEMIS (NASA / JPL-Caltech / Arizona State University) and MOLA (NASA / GSFC...

Clues found for mysterious ‘hole’ in the very young solar system

This hole may have served as a cosmic boundary, allowing Earth-like planets to emerge on one side, while gas giants loomed in the outer...

Interesting mining food 2700 years ago

An archaeologist looks at a layer of accumulated mine debris in the Hallstatt salt mine. (Image: D. Brander / H.Reschreiter / NHMW) Food produced...

Distorted perception in the brain scanner

Illustration of the effect of an MRI scan on spatial attention: the red dots represent visual stimuli that a person increasingly perceives on the...

Rainforest heals more slowly than expected

Tree litter frog Phrynobatrachus guineensis (Image: Mark-Oliver Rödel / Museum für Naturkunde Berlin) How long does it take for a forest to recover from deforestation...

New approach to the side effects of antibiotics

How do antibiotics affect our intestinal flora? (Image: Isabel Romero Calvo / EMBL) Antibiotics not only fight pathogens, they also damage the beneficial bacteria...

Prolonged stay in space may lead to brain damage

This is evident from blood tests of five Russian cosmonauts who stayed in the International Space Station for almost six months. We know that space...

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