Psychology & Sociology

Bus lines work well even without a timetable

Buses in La Paz, Bolivia. © holgs / iStock Local public transport is...

How we compete with group members

Where is the competition greater: between members of different groups or within a group? © Andrii Yalanskyi/ iStock Members of a social group are usually...

Ways out of the antibiotic crisis

The antibiotic levofloxacin is increasingly accumulating in nature. Researchers have now developed a method with which the active ingredient can be effectively removed from...

Tailor-made medicine

Theresa Ahrens from the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE in Kaiserslautern explains how disease progression and treatment success can be better predicted...

The gene scissors Crispr/Cas 9 – manipulation of the genome

Researchers have discovered a new genetic scissors that occurs naturally in animals, plants and fungi. So far, it is less effective than the bacterial...

Fascination with robots

A study shows that it is now almost impossible for people to distinguish whether texts, images and audio files were created by a human...

Higher productivity in companies – how does data-based absence management help?

© Glenn Carstens-Peters, unsplash.com From small startups to large corporations - sickness-related absence...

Ultrafast lasers for material processing

Enormous Potential: Laser technology could even enable the development of a 3D...

Tracking gene-associated diseases using AI

How are certain symptoms linked to peculiarities in the genetic makeup? A...

Circle of friends gives boys math confidence

Boys tend to rate their mathematical abilities higher than girls – but why? © Sadeugra/ iStock Boys often rate their math skills higher than girls...

Hybrid working models make employees and bosses happier

In particular, female employees, employees without management functions and those with long commutes benefit from the opportunity to work from home part-time. © AsiaVision...

What a load of rubbish and rickety!

If your joints hurt, you have to take it easy. The brain...

Our Moon

Radioactivity at an ancient volcano on Earth's satellite raises questions. And how did a huge granite formation form underground?... more The Artemis program for the...

The life of the Neanderthals

Researchers have found traces of an adhesive mixture of bitumen and ocher on stone tools that are more than 40,000 years old and were...

On the hunt for exoplanets

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided clues to the cause of the extremely bloated atmosphere of a Neptune-like exoplanet... more The Webb Telescope has...

Private vs. statutory health insurance: an overview

Good health insurance is important for health protection. © Roberto Sorin, unsplash.com In...

The moons of our solar system

Pesticides are used worldwide to protect crops from weeds, insects and fungi. But glyphosate in particular has come under criticism. While some...

Behavioral research – animal skills

Carrying offspring is even more energetically expensive than previously assumed, a study shows. Mammals, especially humans, have the highest costs... more Beavers and otters...

Nutrition – You are what you eat

A conscious and balanced diet makes an important contribution to physical health and well-being. A keyword that is mentioned again and again in...

Plastic problem

How do water striders manage to avoid being dragged down when raindrops hit the surface of the water? Researchers have now investigated this...

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