Omicron’s Silver Lining: Significantly Lower Risk of Long COVID
Omicron infections have a lower risk of long COVID than earlier variants, according to a study analyzing data from 11,000 participants. The risk of developing…
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Darwin’s Unanswered Question: Unraveling the Secrets of Species Abundance
Over the years, global observations of biodiversity have revealed a potential consistent pattern indicating how many species are common, extremely rare, or fall somewhere in…
Researchers Develop New Rapid and Reliable COVID-19 Detection Method
Commercially available mass spectrometers can be reliably used to detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, according to research from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). In a…
Global Biodiversity Shift: Widespread Species on the Rise
Anthropogenic changes have a positive impact on species with a wider distribution. Human actions are hastening shifts in biodiversity and causing rapid alterations in species…
Physicists Solve Quasicrystal Formation Mystery
At high temperatures, the structure of two-dimensional titanium oxide breaks down and forms rings of four, seven, and ten atoms when barium is added, instead…
Key Regulator of Cell Growth Deciphered
A UNIGE team has discovered the structure of a protein complex that regulates the activity of the major growth regulator. The mTOR protein plays a…
Scientists Have Developed a Wearable Ring That Repels Insects
A new printable and wearable insect repellent. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) scientists have invented a new type of insect-repellent delivery device. The active ingredient…
New Insecticides Were Supposed To Be Harmless to Bees – But They Can Be Devastating to Honey Bee Health
Insecticides containing flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor, chemicals considered harmless to bees and bumblebees when approved, can have devastating effects on honey bee health. The substances damage…
A New Approach to Treating Heart Diseases
Researchers discover a new way to treat cardiovascular diseases. Vascular and cardiovascular illnesses are greatly influenced by a particular protein found in blood vessel cells….
“Cold Bone”: New Dinosaur Species Discovered That Lived on Greenland 214 Million Years Ago
The two-legged dinosaur Issi saaneq lived about 214 million years ago in what is now Greenland. It was a medium-sized, long-necked herbivore and a predecessor…
Mysterious Killer of Bald Eagles Finally Identified
Bald eagles, as well as other wildlife, have been succumbing to a mysterious neurodegenerative disease in the southern United States since the 1990s. New research…
Ants Swallow Their Own Acid to Kill Harmful Bacteria in Their Food
Ants use their own acid to disinfect themselves and their stomachs. A team from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the University of Bayreuth has…
Swirls of Light to Enable Researchers to Observe Previously Invisible Quantum States
Light Swirls Provide Insights Into the Quantum World A new method uses swirls of light to enable researchers to observe previously invisible quantum states of…
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…
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,…
