In 1999, the Alfred Wegener Institute launched an ambitious project: the HAUSGARTEN observatory in the Fram Strait between northeast Greenland and Svalbard. Spanning ice-covered waters and extending ...

At the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology, specialists for a digital and automated future will be trained from the winter semester ...

Together with six partner universities from the Global South and North, the Karlsruhe University of Education is organising an International Summer School for prospective teachers from 28 June to 3 ...

These animals have weathered Pleistocene climate fluctuations and survived the cycles of ice ages and interglacial periods to the present day. Zoologists have now investigated the origins of this ...

Dr. Dr. Ahmad Aziz, a scientist at DZNE's Bonn site, has been awarded a „Proof of Concept Grant“ from the European Research Council (ERC). He aims to further develop innovative software for analyzing ...

TU Darmstadt has once again performed very well in the international competition for research funding: three researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept Grants by the European Research Council (ERC ...

Certain medicines contain per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds, known as PFAS, which are causing increasing environmental harm due to their long-lasting effects. A report by the University of ...

DZNE is coordinating a German-US consortium to develop new molecular tools for Parkinson’s research. In this context, DZNE is receiving around 3.5 million US dollars in funding from the U.S.-based ...

Sialic acid is a natural sugar building block found on the surfaces of our cells. It acts as a protective and recognition molecule and plays a central role in the development of our nervous system.

Somatic Circuits introduces a new way to experience bioelectronics at the intersection of applied research and media art. Created by media artist Marlot Meyer, Fraunhofer IZM, and curator Pierre ...

The Tibetan Plateau is often referred to as the ‘water tower of Asia’. It stores and regulates water that supplies almost two billion people with fresh water. Its numerous lakes respond sensitively to ...

The El Niño drought and heat suppress the capacity of the Amazon rainforest soil to absorb isoprene by a factor of four, while boosting its amount around the forest canopy. In a nutshell: • Extreme ...