Scientists Solve a 120-Year-Old Mystery: How Did the Monstrous Plesiosaurs Swim?
A new study reveals how plesiosaurs swam underwater Plesiosaurs, who lived around 210 million years ago, adapted to living underwater in an unusual way: their…
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How Hard Can Insects Bite? New System Allows Scientists To Obtain Previously Unknown Data
An insect bite force sensor system has been developed by researchers at the University of Bonn How hard can an insect bite? Strong chewing capabilities…
Milk May Exacerbate MS Symptoms – Cow’s Milk Protein Triggers Autoimmune Response
New study: Cow’s milk protein triggers autoimmune response in mice that damages neurons. The prompt for the study came from MS patients: “We hear again…
Specific “Math Neurons” Identified in the Brain
When performing calculations, some neurons are active when adding, others when subtracting. The brain has neurons that fire specifically during certain mathematical operations. This is…
Breaking Cosmology: Too Many Disk Galaxies – “A Significant Discrepancy Between Prediction and Reality”
A study by the University of Bonn: Observations fit poorly with the Standard Model of Cosmology. The Standard Model of Cosmology describes how the universe…
Physics Surprise: Protons Are Probably Actually Smaller Than Long Thought
Study by the University of Bonn and the TU Darmstadt suggests errors in the interpretation of older measurements. A few years ago, a novel measurement…
Kekulé’s Shattered Dream: Snakes Become Ladders – New Molecules Serve As Ziplines for Energy
Researchers create novel molecules that serve as ziplines for energy. In the 19th century, the scientific community puzzled over how the atoms in the mysterious…
Out of Africa: The Path of Homo sapiens – By Which Routes Did Modern Man Arrive in Europe?
By which routes did modern man arrive in Europe? A book reports on the latest findings. What routes did Homo sapiens take on his way…
Quantum Marbles in a Bowl of Light – The Speed Limit for Quantum Computations
An international study shows which factors determine the speed limit for quantum computations. Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations?…
Immune Cells in the Brain Join Together To Form Networks To Share the Work
This cooperation is impaired in mutations that can cause Parkinson’s disease. To break down toxic proteins more quickly, immune cells in the brain can join…
New Achilles Heel of Coronavirus? Aptamer Molecule Attacks Coronavirus in a Novel Way
Active ingredient inhibits infection with so-called pseudoviruses in the test tube, as shown by study at the University of Bonn. Scientists at the University of…
A New State of Light: Physicists Observe New Phase in Bose-Einstein Condensate of Light Particles
A single “super photon” made up of many thousands of individual light particles: About ten years ago, researchers at the University of Bonn produced such…
“Everyone’s Unique” – Paleontologists Reveal Great Variability Within Dinosaur Species
Paleontologists from the Universities of Bonn and Liverpool examined 14 skulls of Plateosaurus trossingensis. “Everyone’s unique” is a popular maxim. All people are equal, but…
Physicists Show a Speed Limit Also Applies in the Quantum World
Study by the University of Bonn determines minimum time for complex quantum operations. Even in the world of the smallest particles with their own special…
Unusual Quantum Phenomena: Physicists Observe Competition Between Magnetic Orders
Nature study: research team from the University of Bonn gains insights into novel quantum phenomena. They are as thin as a hair, only a hundred…
Astrophysicists Discover Unfathomably Large Intergalactic Gas Filament
Study confirms models on the evolution of our universe. More than half of the matter in our universe has so far remained hidden from us….
Scientists Reconstruct Beetles From the Cretaceous – 99 Million Years Ago
International research team gains new insights into the evolution of fossil beetles. About a year ago, researchers found fossil specimens of beetles in an amber…
Mysterious Climate Change: Antarctic Cold Reversal
Ice core research in Antarctica sheds new light on the role of sea ice for the carbon balance. New research findings underline the crucial role…
