Metabolites are consumed by enzymes to produce other vital molecules as well as to control metabolite levels. But how do cells avoid consuming too much? Researchers from the MPI of Biochemistry, with ...

At LIKAT in Rostock, chemists are pursuing this approach. They have succeeded in selectively converting polyethylene—the main component of all plastic waste—into dicarboxylic acids, which can serve as ...

Drugs used to treat obesity may also help protect the brain. In a review published in Science, researchers outline how a better understanding of these drugs’ effects could lead to new treatments that ...

How we feel about switching off could offer new insights into our digital behaviour and why some people find it easier to disconnect than others. How we feel about taking a break from our screens ...

RNA-based COVID-19 vaccines have brought RNA-based medicine to the attention of the wider public. Yet its potential applications are far more varied: cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, cancer, ...

The NFDI4Earth consortium has selected the University of Freiburg’s deadtrees.earth initiative as a lighthouse project for research data management. The project collects drone images of forests from ...

To date, there has been very little empirical data on assisted suicide. Researchers at Hanover Medical School aim to fill this gap with the ASEP project. The findings are intended to help further ...

How do human cells defend themselves against the Ebola virus – and how does the virus manage to evade these defenses? A research team at Tübingen University Hospital, working with scientists in ...

Cold conditions may not have been responsible for the centuries-long pause in the spread of farming across south-eastern Europe during prehistory, according to a new study by the Leibniz-Zentrum für ...

How can research be transformed into tangible value for business and society? At the kick-off meeting in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the VALORWIDE partners developed a common roadmap for the next four years.

The German Centers for Health Research (DZG and Helmholtz Health Explore New Approaches to Earlier Disease Detection, More Targeted Treatment, and Prevention.

Fraunhofer IZM and the University of Münster have developed a wafer-based manufacturing process for a novel silicon diode that can measure particles depending on their angle of incidence. The ...