Coffee consumption: researchers discover new effects on brain

With a per capita consumption of 162 liters per year, coffee is the Germans' absolute favorite beverage. Coffee is not...
EU wants to tighten emissions trading

Consumers and companies in the EU will have to pay more frequently for carbon dioxide (CO?) emissions in the future....
Global warming in Arctic much faster than previously assumed

Global warming in the wake of the climate crisis has progressed much faster in the Arctic than previously assumed,...
Number of toads and frogs in Brandenburg drops dramatically

In Brandenburg's waters, the number of amphibians such as frogs and toads has decreased significantly in recent years....
Google reduces the error rate of its quantum computer

Nobody's perfect - this is especially true for Google's quantum computer "Sycamore," which two years ago was able to solve...
Climate protection: great goals, but no way to get there

Helmut Kohl already knew how to make politics with climate targets. In 1995, shortly before a UN climate conference in...
Indoor farms are particularly environmentally friendly

Glass display cases in grocery stores are nothing unusual. But what is this one doing in the vegetable section of a...
Artificial snow to preserve glaciers

Felix Keller is visibly excited. He doesn't seem to mind the double-digit temperatures at 2100 meters above sea level at...
Two billion euro program for innovation in Bavaria

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has presented a two-billion-euro program to expand research and innovation in...
Antibiotic shows antiviral potential

Researchers at Yale have discovered that a type of antibiotic surprisingly displays antiviral properties in...
Future smart devices might provide you with a feel for virtual textures and shapes

Imagine you are browsing the just-released iPhone that you would like to purchase on your tablet. Normally, what would...
Seven "Earth-ish" planets herald a new season in the search for alien life

Astronomers found seven approximately Earth-sized, rocky planets about 40 light years (235 trillion miles) from us. They...
Are we there yet- The long journey to Mars

How close are we to the giant leap to Mars? Recently the partial success of the European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars...
Mars welcomes its latest orbiter ExoMars

On 19th October 2016 the European-Russian mission ExoMars arrived at its destination. It delivered the Trace Gas Orbiter,...
Turning a new leaf in the search for lower emissions

Carbon dioxide (or CO2) is probably the most notorious atmospheric public enemy.
Being a potent greenhouse gas, it...
Stretching quantum cats could make for better computers

A team of physicists at Yale demonstrated that the inherent quantum weirdness can be harnessed to make quantum computers,...
Networking: Nature or Nurture?

Interview with expert science communicator Alaina Levine who is the author of 'Networking for Nerds'.
Could you tell us...
A 300-year old mystery solved!

Professor Andrew Wiles (pictured above), faculty at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford has won the most...
Climate change may not alter Southeast Asian Monsoons

Climate change is a looming threat of the 21st century, and seems to be the talk of the town.
One way that the human...
Why you won't lose weight with exercise alone

If magazines and health clubs are to be believed, the new year should coincide with a whole new you. Many gyms see up to a...

Google discovers security gaps in smartphones

2022 was one of the two warmest years on record

Test flight for NASA "Artemis" moon mission launched

Europe's first ecosystem with its own rights

Deutsches Museum becomes fit for the future

Amphibian and reptile species threatened by drought years

Increasing wildfires due to climate change

Traffic lights agreement on CO2 price sharing

The brown dog tick opens up habitats in Germany

Healthy reefs survive coral bleaching from heat waves

Horses and donkeys revive a desert biotope

Pathogens, the invisible historians

Cause of mass death of bald eagles discovered

Mathematical modelling could reduce infection rates

Climate fight looks to CO2 storage

Mystery solved: The origins of flying dinosaurs

Radiation fraud must be exposed

Climate Change and Mathematical Modelling Illusions

Do Animals Have Supernatural powers?

A green way of coloring denims blue

Body clock research wins the 2017 Nobel prize in physiology

Planting trees no longer an option to mop up our increasing CO2 emissions

Swarms of robots go with the flow to reveal the mysteries of the ocean

Revolutionizing clean energy by recycling not-quite-so-rare earths

Nanomachines win Nobel Prize

How interfering with your vision can shatter your recall of the way things look

Looking through 'Smart' Windows

Welcome to the neighborhood, Proxima b!

Bacteria Needed to Save Coral Reef

Welcome to Jupiter!

"Happy little accident" opens new avenues for amazing future batteries

Predicting the tipping point of complex systems

Eating away at efforts to alleviate climate change

Even Chimps Trust Friends

A bright window into our past, present and future

When the sea comes marching in

Gravity waves a 'Hello! I am here!'

Computers of the future may have eyes of an insect

Power for a charger-free world
