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‘Pacemaker for the brain’ makes untreatable depression treatable

This could be the breakthrough psychiatry has been waiting for for years. Unfortunately, depression is a common problem. Fortunately, a psychologist or psychiatrist can...

“Lost Forest” reveals a secret

An astonishingly remote habitat for mangroves in the interior of the Yucatan Peninsula. (Image: Octavio Aburto-Oropeza) Usually mangroves only grow on the coast of...

Dramatic increase in lianas can finally be explained

The creepers made famous by Tarzan are rapidly gaining ground in neotropical areas. It's not good news, but researchers now think they know...

City heat: Tremendous stress trend

An oppressively hot trend is emerging. (Image: Tomwang112 / iStock) Almost a quarter of the world's population is now affected: exposure to urban heat...

Excellent discoverer of heat and touch sensors

Heat pain and pressure sensors. (Image: nobelprize.org) We feel cold and heat, strong pressure and a gentle touch through our skin - but how?...

Photo worth seeing: Optimized for 3D printing

Here you can see the electron microscope image of a nickel alloy that has been specially optimized for 3D printing by US researchers. ...

A planet orbiting three stars may be discovered for the first time

It cautiously suggests that planets may see the light of day in far more places than was previously thought possible. In our solar system, all...

Amazingly fast-paced snap suction cups

The distinctive head shape of the seahorses has to do with their hunting strategy. (Image: Gil Koplovitz) Tiny fins drive them leisurely forward -...

Space probe on the hunt for Mercury’s secrets, spot the planet for the first time

The result is a beautiful picture of the still rather mysterious inner planet of our solar system. Space probe BepiColombo took the picture this weekend...

Another 416(!) new objects discovered at the edge of our solar system

And that with an instrument that wasn't even designed for that! Over the past six years, researchers have used the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on...

Grasslands in danger

Grassland is increasingly degraded here, too. (Photo: Peter Manning / Senckenberg) When it comes to threatened habitats, tropical forests or coral reefs are among...

A foreign construction complex in Tikal

Lidar analyzes have uncovered the traces of an approximately 1800 year old citadel near the center of Tikal. (Image: Thomas Garrison / PACUNAM) Mysterious...

These are the first drone images taken from inside a hurricane

Using a special drone vessel, researchers have captured the violence at sea caused by a hurricane. The images are impressive. The images were taken...

BepiColombo skims past Mercury tonight

The spacecraft thus gains a first glimpse of the planet that it will study intensively from 2025. Tonight at half past two BepiColombo will skim...

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