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Coronavirus: new target identified

CR3022 antibody bound to the Sars-CoV-2 spike protein. (Image: Meng Yuan and Nicholas Wu) It has long been known that the new Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus binds...

The oldest Homo erectus

Homo-erectus skull from Drimolen. (Image: Therese van Wyk / University of Johannesburg) Where and when our ancestor Homo erectus developed has so far been controversial....

Deep sea symbiosis: methane on the menu

Methane consumers in the deep sea: tube worms off the coast of Costa Rica. (Image: Alvin, WHOI) They thrive where the notorious greenhouse gas rises...

Corona virus also goes to the heart

Sars-CoV-2 corona viruses (Image: Maksim Tkachenko / iStock) So far, the main focus of Covid-19 has been on the respiratory and lung symptoms, but the...

High-tech in mini format for bat, lizard and the like

A bat with the little biologist on its back. (Image: Museum of Natural History) Whether bats, small birds or even butterflies: For many small and...

“Lucy”: monkey brain – but long childhood

The results are based on the reconstruction of fossil skulls from Australopithecus afarensis. (Image: Philipp Gunz, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de) News from "Lucy" and Co:...

Bizarre habitat in the marine underworld

To detect microbes in the samples, the researchers made thin sections of the deep rock. (Image: Caitlin Devor, University of Tokyo, CC BY 4.0,...

A blood test for 50 types of cancer

Blood samples in the laboratory (Image: busracavus / iStock) So far, many cancers are only discovered when noticeable symptoms appear or tumors are recognizable....

A rainforest in Antarctica

This is what the Antarctic forest could have looked like 90 million years ago. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute) Today Antarctica is the most hostile and...

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