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Voices of the Holocaust survivors in focus

David P. Boder (center) was the first to record the testimonies of displaced persons. (Image: IIT Chicago / Paul V. Galvin Library) In 1946,...

Hope in the fight against lung cancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qD90j6VqyA German researchers present promising starting points for the development of therapies in the fight against small cell lung cancer, which was previously difficult to...

Young sea turtles on the trail

Green sea turtle between Sargassum algae. (Image: Gustavo Stahelin) How do young sea turtles behave during their early days in the open sea? ...

“Risen” date palms sequenced

Left the “risen” date palm “Methuselah” and right the later “awakened” palm “Adam”. (Images: Sarah Sallon) What are the characteristics of the so-called Judean...

Notes in the first business

A baby's first shedding after birth is different from anything that follows. (Image: Coral222 / iSock) A special and surprisingly informative substance: According to...

Featured picture: The egg under X-ray shot

Whether hard-boiled or as a fried egg like here: eggs are part of Easter. With the help of a special X-ray technique, researchers...

First cell atlas of the Covid-19 lung

The lungs are particularly affected by Covid-19. (Image: wildpixel / iStock) The Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus causes severe pneumonia that can lead to death. A...

Resistance also in wild chimpanzees

Chimpanzee in Gombe National Park. (Image: Thomas Gillespie) Great apes are susceptible to many infectious diseases in humans, but important weapons against bacterial pathogens...

Vulnerable to crises due to social tensions

The Pueblo Indians are famous for their impressive settlement structures. (Image: Mesa Verde National Park, MEVE 11084) Droughts have so far been considered to...

Mapping the vertebrate genomes

The genome of all vertebrates is to be deciphered (Image: ELIKA, Peterschreibermedia / iStock) The Vertebrate Genome Project has set itself the goal of sequencing...

Celebrity bow tie shines with flight performance

The flying abilities of the "flies of research" were apparently underestimated. (rob_lan / iStock) They do not look particularly "sporty" when they lazily circling...

Another step to save the species

The female Fatu is one of only two surviving specimens of the northern white rhinoceros. (Image: BioRescue / Rio the Photographer) Today only two...

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