Immense Fortschritte bei gemeinsamen Strukturen für Forschung, Lehre und Transfer zeigen, wie eng die drei Universitäten in der Universitätsallianz Ruhr (UA Ruhr) zusammenarbeiten. Der bisherige ...

Der Wirkstoff zur Unterdrückung des Immunsystems hemmt die Vermehrung verschiedener Viren. Doch eine Studie zeigt: Sie können ...

Cats prefer to sleep on their left side. This is the conclusion drawn by an international research team that analyzed several hundred YouTube videos of sleeping cats. The researchers see this bias as ...

Nach jahrelanger Vorbereitung hat ein neues Observatorium in Chile seinen Betrieb aufgenommen. Im Juni 2025 wurden die ersten Bilder der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.

A team of physicians from Bochum are the first to successfully use CAR T-cell therapy to treat two patients with a rare autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system. This treatment modifies ...

Persons with Parkinson’s disease increasingly lose their mobility over time and are eventually unable to walk. Hope for these patients rests on deep brain stimulation, also known as a brain pacemaker.

Newly detected [FeFe]-hydrogenase from a thermophilic bacterium is not degraded by oxygen. In the absence of air, microorganisms produce hydrogen using an enzyme called [FeFe]-hydrogenase, one of the ...

Linguistic symptoms and an onset early in life: Disorders to which this applies are frequently associated with left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness.

Upon energy restriction, an unusual release of the neurotransmitter glutamate can be observed. The overabundance of glutamate ultimately causes damages to nerve cells.

An international research team has analyzed data from 41 million galaxies in order to estimate the distribution of matter in the universe. The data confirm a long-established model – much to the ...

Researchers conducted an experiment in which test subjects felt like a rubber hand was part of their own body. As a result, their own hand became less sensitive to pain.

When exposed to high temperatures and pressure, water enters a state in which liquid and gas can no longer be distinguished. For a long time, there has been controversy about how this looks like on a ...