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“Vegetable thirst” recorded from space

Need-based irrigation is of great agricultural and ecological importance. (Image: ollo / iStock) When plants suffer from a lack of water, their leaves warm...

Stable landing thanks to the tail

Gecko patent for stable landing: analyzed and technically implemented. (Photos by Ardian Jusufi, illustration by Andre Wee) Natural patent with potential for robotics: Bionics...

Pediatric cardiac surgery: complication in sight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eM-2AyTI2s If children's hearts have to be shut down briefly to correct mistakes, consequential damage often occurs. Researchers are now on the trail of...

Previous colds improve immune response to Sars-CoV-2

Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 (Image: Maksim Tkachenko / iStock) Although the Covid-19 pathogen Sars-CoV-2 is a new pathogen, many people already have memory immune cells against the...

Cutlery set for tricky food

A Goffink's cockatoo tampered with a fruit with a tool. (Image: Mark O´Hara) “Knife”, “wedge” and “spoon”: Researchers have observed the use of up...

Origins of Arthur`s Stone revealed

Arthur's Stone in Herefordshire. (Image: University of Manchester) The Arthur's Stone Stone Age monument in Herefordshire, West England, was originally part of a much...

Capsule injects drugs into the stomach

A capsule as an injector. (Image: Giovanni Traverso) Pills are less uncomfortable than injections for most people. However, some drugs only work when...

Balancing act when learning a foreign language

What goes on in the brain when learning sound systems of foreign languages? (Image: SIphotography / iStock) How does our brain go about learning a...

Featured picture: A barrel full of poison

This heavily rotten barrel has been standing on the seabed off the coast of Southern California for around 50 years. It contains highly...

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