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A lack of oxygen in the tumor promotes metastasis

Cancer cells tend to spread when there is a lack of oxygen. (Image: peterschreiber.media/ iStock) Tumors are often much more poorly supplied with oxygen...

Fatal combination destroys Alaska’s reefs

Sea urchins gnaw the calcareous algae reefs around the Aleutian Islands. (Image: J. Tomoleoni / USGS) Humans caused climate change and the loss of...

New insights into gene regulation

The regulation of our genes shapes the body and health. (Image: svisio / iStock) Since 2010, an international research team in the Genotype-Tissue Expression...

Sustainability is very popular despite the crisis

Ecological, regional and low in packaging, that's the trend when it comes to consumption (Image: Anchiy / iStock) Even in the Corona crisis, organic, climate...

Astronomy also has to do with climate change

The Paranal Observatory in Chile: Climate change can affect astronomical observations. (Image: ESO / S. Brunier) You're not looking at the universe for once...

Pest makes use of plant defense

The cabbage moth is a globally feared pest on the numerous representatives of the cabbage family. (Image: Benjamin Fabian, Max Planck Institute for...

A tooth sheds new light on gibbon evolution

The gibbon fossil was discovered in this place near Ramnagar. (Image: Chris Gilbert) Gibbons are the sister group of the great apes and therefore...

A chamois for ice mummy research

After the rescue, the animal mummy was brought to Bolzano by helicopter with the support of the Italian army. (Image: Esercito Italiano -...

Hummingbirds: Literally cool state

During the day, the shiny black-bellied tail whizzes nimbly from flower to flower, but in the cold night the Andean hummingbird falls into a...

Rapid growth – early death

In the rainforest and in other tree populations around the world, the following clearly applies: Trees that grow quickly die young. (Image: Atelopus...

Mushrooms as leather substitutes

Leather-like material obtained from mushrooms. (Image: Alexander Bismarck) Instead of extracting leather from animal skin or using synthetic fibers, a more environmentally friendly alternative...

Asphalt emits more pollutants than expected

The urban environment is characterized by asphalt. (Image: ablokhin / iStock) Asphalt is almost ubiquitous in our cities. As a study has now...

Westallgäu was a Bronze Age traffic junction

The climate and nature in the Bronze Age West Allgäu were not as favorable as here in Hegau. (Image: University of Tübingen) In the...

Language: Children use both hemispheres

In children, language activation is evident in the right hemisphere of the brain (below) in addition to the left (above). Right-sided activity then...

Pollinator: Ozone spoils the scent of flowers

Tobacco enthusiasts can be attracted by the scent of flowers and float in the air while drinking. (Anna Schroll) Plants show pollinators the way...

Are crabs “stupid”?

A common animal on the coasts of Europe: the beach crab. (Image: Ed Pope) We know them from holidays by the sea: beach crabs...

Europeans have only tolerated milk for a few thousand years

Bronze Age skull from the Tollensetal (Image: Stefan Sauer / Tollensetal-Projekt) In today's northern and central Europe, most people can still digest the milk sugar...

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