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Are antibodies to blame for the thrombosis?

A common complication with Covid-19 is increased blood clotting. (Image: Robocop / iStok) The infection with Sars-CoV-2 not only attacks the lungs and many...

Origin of cosmic diamonds revealed

Sample of a ureilite meteorite in a spectroscopic representation: diamond (red), graphite (blue). (Image: Cyrena Goodrich) Gemstones of a special kind: Researchers have discovered...

Mushroom-plant friendship sweetens tomatoes

Tomato plants that live in symbiosis with mushrooms require less fertilizer and produce better fruit. (Photo: Bettina home, IPB) An exchange with friends is...

Five-eyed fossil illuminates arthropod evolution

This is what Kylinxia zhangi might have looked like while she was alive. (Image: D.-Y. Huang and H. Zeng) Arthropods such as spiders, insects...

When the racists called for a fight

Black students faced the wrath of white women following the desegregation in the United States. (Image: gmast3r / iStock) Racist female power: a historian...

View of tree death in Germany

Open crowns and dead trees: Max Planck researchers use drones to study the condition of forests and investigate how they could change in the...

Hormone antibodies could help you lose weight

Losing weight is difficult for many overweight people. (Image: huettenhoelscher / iStock) The body's own hormone Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) regulates appetite and...

Ants swallow their acid as “medicine”

An ant takes a portion of acid from its abdomen. (Image: Simon Tragust) Anyone who annoys ants is known to get burning acid from...

Witch defense instead of a sundial?

Incised symbol on one of the church stones. (Image: HS2) Excavations on the remains of a medieval church in England have uncovered several graffiti...

Seven forms of Covid-19 identified

The symptoms of Covid-19 are varied. (Image: da-kuk / iStock) An infection with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus can cause a large number of seemingly completely...

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