Brain special Part 2: Neuroscientist Nikolai Axmacher from the Ruhr University Bochum talks about Alzheimer’s-and how the disease can be seen in the future with cell phone apps … more
How do cells react to damage in the genome and improve? This question, which is important for cancer research, now follows a renowned molecular biologist at the University of Duisburg-Essen … more
In our brain there is an area that controls prosocial behavior. He calibrates how generously we behave towards strangers and friends, as researchers have found … more
Why do we humans have such a big brain? A study now shows, like two genes that only occur in humans, promote brain growth … more
With increasing age, the brain can get worse from waste materials. An improvement in the waste disposal of the brain could promote memory, shows a study of mice … more
Brain special Part 1: Neuroscientist Anne Schäfer from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that let nerve cells live in the brain for a long time … more
Completely surprising in 2001, the Croatian Goran Ivanisevic won the most important tennis tournament in the world: the Wimbledon Championships in London. Ivanisevic was actually considered written off at the time. Although he had reached the Wimbledon final three times in 1992, 1994 and 1998, he could hardly see any significant success afterwards and …
When imitating human language, budgies apparently also use similar brain mechanisms as neuroscientists have discovered … more
A new study indicates that the regular use of mathematics and language skills could prevent the breakdown of cognitive skills in old age … more
In mice, researchers have discovered a mechanism through which aspirin can help the immune system prevent cancer metastases. Constant studies are already examining the effectiveness of people … more