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Mystery of the quantum world

The quantum world is still a headache for physicists. (Image: ipopba / iSock) Because of reality - quantum theory fundamentally questions the existence of...

Amazing life expectancy revealed

The life expectancy of the famous coelacanth has so far been drastically underestimated. (Image: Michel VIARD / iStock) The “living fossils” are also Methusalems...

Lead from human sources in the Arctic Ocean

Sampling in the Arctic Ocean. (Image: Kathryn Purdon / University of Victoria) The Arctic Ocean off Canada was previously considered largely unencumbered by human...

Soot in our air also comes from afar

Measuring station on the ridge of the Thuringian Forest. (Image: Mertes / TROPOS) Soot particles from the exhaust gases from industry, heating systems and...

Corona antibodies as a drug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mUeE7b7z7c German researchers isolate antibodies from the blood of recovered persons that attack the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This could lead to the development of drugs...

Empire was not an “age of security”

Kaiser Wilhelm II and entourage. (Image: clu / iStock) It was considered the "Belle Époque" and the age of security ": In retrospect, the...

Corkscrew head drives ray sperm

A ray sperm in view. (Image: Panbing Wang et al. / DOI number: 10.1073 / pnas.2024329118) Amazingly mobile germ cells: In the case of...

Tempting scent of corpses

Aristolochia microstoma has brownish flowers that lie close to the ground under leaf litter or stones. The flowers give off an unpleasant odor...

How catchy tunes disturb our sleep

Subject in the musical sleep test. (Image: Robert Rogers / Baylor University) Many people listen to music before falling asleep to help them relax....

Featured picture: Searching for clues in the Chiquihuite cave

In search of traces of the past, researchers venture into remote caves: Here archaeologists are on their way to the Chiquihuite cave in Mexico,...

Mysterious darkening of a star

This illustration shows the occultation of the star VVV-WIT-08 (Image: Amanda Smith / University of Cambridge) Stars that change their brightness cyclically are not unusual...

Metals discovered in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients

Copper particles in the amyloid deposit of an Alzheimer's brain. (Image: Neil Telling and James Everett) Researchers have discovered tiny deposits of elemental copper...

Tiny robots break down microplastics

Metallic microrobots (dark blue) on a piece of microplastic. (Image: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021 / acsami.1c04559) To remove microplastics from...

Dance to the rhythm of rattling elk teeth

Rhythmic movements with sound effects: Stone Age hunters and gatherers in today's northwestern Russia once danced to the rattling sound of elk-tooth followers. ...

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