New research group at the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg studies phase transitions of biomolecules The new research group Phase Transition Engineering, led by Dr. Leif-Thore Deck, started work at ...

A group of innate immune cells, known as group 2 lymphoid cells (ILC2), are essential for maintaining a stable metabolism in adipose tissue. Obesity significantly impairs the number and function of ...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and the Technical University of Dresden have tested a new approach for investigating disease-related changes in body odor. Using ...

A research team at Leipzig University’s Faculty of Medicine has discovered a previously unknown mechanism that contributes to plaque instability: the speed at which vascular cells transcribe their ...

A research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has investigated how we convey meaning through speech intonation and identified ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have now discovered that synapses in this thin layer can produce proteins locally. Published in Cell Reports, the study provides the first ...

Pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and agrochemicals are produced industrially using a wide range of chemical reactions. These processes need to become more efficient, less expensive, and more ...

Düsseldorf have developed a concept for a compact X-ray laser. The European Research Council (ERC) is now supporting the “NEXLIGHT – Next-Generation X-Ray Laser Light Sources” project with a Proof of ...

A total of 929 Quran manuscripts dating from the 7th to the 11th centuries A.D. were discovered in 1973 in the Great Mosque of Sanaa (Yemen). Researchers from the University of Hamburg and the ...

The bigger hurdle appears not to be entering academia but staying in it: An international study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development shows that, despite high entry rates, ...

Constructor University has jumped more than 100 positions in the 2027 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, placing it among the top 17 percent of universities worldwide and making ...

A research team at the MHH has demonstrated how platelets, the coagulation system and the immune system work together to enable the placenta to develop in early pregnancy. If this interaction becomes ...