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The researchers of the new Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1551, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), intend to apply...

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the establishment and funding of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio (CRC/TRR) 355 "Heterogeneity and...

The central aim of the Paris climate agreement is clear: Limiting man-made global warming to well below 2°C. This limit...

Radiative heat transfer is a ubiquitous physical process in our universe. Any object with a temperature above absolute zero exchanges...

Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent...

In a big step forward for nonmotorized planning, a dashboard with bike data from the Washington, D.C. metro area is...

Our kidney filters 180 liters of blood every day and retains nutrients through a process called ‘endocytosis’ and through active...

The Einstein Foundation Berlin is to honor Canadian physician Gordon Guyatt and the Psychological Science Accelerator (PSA) with this year’s...

Dec. 2, 2022─ In a new study published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical...

A research team led by Dr. SHIN Hee-Sup at the Center for Cognition and Sociality (CCS) within the Institute for...

Credit: Roberto Garcia Roa and British Ecological Society

WASHINGTON — Some of the largest and most sophisticated telescopes ever made are under construction at the Simons Observatory in...

Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is an inherited, degenerative neuromuscular disorder that initially impairs motor function, such as gait and coordination, but...

AMHERST, Mass. – Human-released greenhouse gasses are causing the world to warm, and with that warming comes increasing stress for...

A University of Massachusetts Amherst scientist has discovered that a mutation in the misfolding protein that causes Parkinson’s disease offers...

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“The current and previous findings provide a rationale for further investigations into the potential utility of leucine, valine, and tryptophan...

Sexuality education often fails LGBTQIA2S+ students*, few of whom report ever receiving inclusive education at school. Yet sexuality education classrooms...

Opioid-related overdose is now a leading cause of accidental death in the United States and Canada. A study published December...

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against Omicron infections than other variants. A study publishing December 1st in the open...