47 Million Years Ago, Horses Were About the Size of a Labrador Dog
Researchers open a window onto ancient mammal evolution using fossils from Germany. The former coalfield of Geiseltal in Saxony-Anhalt has yielded large numbers of exceptionally…
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
More Realistic Experiments Needed on the Impact of Climate Change
When it comes to the impact of climate change on ecosystems, we still have large knowledge gaps. Most experiments are unrealistic because they do not…
Chemists Develop Simple, Cost-Effective Method to Break Down Water Pollutants
Chemists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have found out how stubborn pollutants in water can be disintegrated easily and cost-effectively. To do so researchers…
Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Produce Gold by Digesting Toxic Metals
High concentrations of heavy metals, like copper and gold, are toxic for most living creatures. This is not the case for the bacterium C. metallidurans,…