The Ig Nobel Prize honors research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Its 35th award ceremony possibly ...

The Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology at Freie Universität Berlin will join an international collaboration to further ...

Study in Nature Biotechnology: Scientists from the Beisel lab and partner institutions pioneer a novel method for genome editing ...

Increasing tree species diversity is often regarded as a way to make forests more resilient to climate change. However, a new international study led by the University of Freiburg shows that diversity ...

Afterwards, the material is dried, heated, and the fungi are inactivated. One of the greatest challenges lies in enabling fungal growth under controlled conditions, since the organisms are highly ...

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Climate change, snowmelt, and rising energy costs are putting pressure on ice rink operators. Skating on plastic sheets promises an economical and sustainable alternative. In a research project Glice ...

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Physicists at the University of Greifswald are developing an innovative approach that will significantly improve the energy efficiency of computers. They take their inspiration from the human brain.

An enhanced computer model is now helping to provide fresh insights into cancer-cell growth and how it can be stopped. The digital cell model represents another step towards individualised cancer ...

The giant bipedal spinosaurids from Africa apparently originated in Europe. This is shown by studies of newly discovered finds of the predatory dinosaur Camarillasaurus cirugedae from Spain. An ...

An Einstein cross is a phenomenon where a distant object appears as multiple images arranged in a cross-like pattern around a foreground galaxy. A fifth image in the newly discovered cross reveals the ...