Although sun radiation was relatively low, the temperature on the young Earth was warm. An international team of geoscientists has found important clues that high…
Trilobites of the suborder Phacopina had a unique eye in which about 200 large lenses in each eye spanned at least six individual facets, each…
The attachment of the small protein ubiquitin to other proteins (ubiquitination) regulates numerous biological processes, including signal transduction and metabolism / Scientists at the University…
Based on the analysis of marsquakes recorded by NASA’s InSight mission, the structure of Mars’ crust has now been determined in absolute numbers for the…
Climate reconstruction of the last 200,000 years from East Africa illustrates the living conditions of Homo sapiens when they migrated out of Africa / Homo…
A research team at the University of Cologne has discovered previously undescribed bacteria in amoebae that are related to Legionella and may even cause disease….
A research team including the geobiologist Dr. Helge Missbach from the University of Cologne has detected organic molecules and gases trapped in 3.5 billion-year-old rocks….
Activity of the industrial catalyst TS-1 relies on titanium pairs/Important discovery for catalyst development. ‘Titanium silicalite-1’ (TS-1) is not a new catalyst: It has been…
Climate changes associated with global warming can affect astronomical observations. That is the result of a study involving scientists from the University of Cologne. The…
A team including researchers from the Institute for Astrophysics of the University of Cologne has for the first time directly observed the columns of matter…
Arrival delayed! Water, carbon and nitrogen were not immediately supplied to Earth. Spearheaded by earth scientists of the University of Cologne, an international team of…
Certain bacteria can override a defense mechanism of the immune system, so-called programmed cell death, through inhibition of death effector molecules by their outer membranes…
All cells in the body have the basic ability to protect themselves from infection, called the innate immune response. But how cells do this is…
By merging tiny magnetic whirls, called skyrmions, a team of scientists were able to create artificial magnetic monopoles. A team of researchers from Cologne, Munich…