Archaeological Bonanza: Ancient City Emerges From the Tigris River
Drought Reveals 3400-Year-Old Urban Center of the Mitanni Empire The Kingdom of Mitanni, also known as Hurri to the Hittites, Hanigalbat or Hani-Rabbat to the…
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Insights Into the Dynamic Ultrastructure of the Heart – Thanks to New Ultra-High-Resolution Electron Microscopy
What happens below the cellular level when the heart contracts and relaxes has long been unexplored. Thanks to new ultra-high-resolution electron microscopy techniques, scientists can…
Astronomers Discover Unexpected Incline of a Black Hole
New Finding in Astronomy: Black Hole Spins on Its Side Scientist Prof. Dr. Svetlana Berdyugina, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Freiburg and Director…
Vitamin A for Nerve Cells: Experimental Evidence for Synaptic Plasticity in Humans
Freiburg researchers prove structural and functional plasticity in human synapses. Neuroscientists agree that a person’s brain is constantly changing, rewiring itself, and adapting to environmental…
How Plants Find Their Symbiotic Bacteria Partners
Freiburg researchers explain an evolutionary step in the symbiosis between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. What would it be like to produce fertilizer in your own…
The Craters on Earth: New Atlas Presents and Explains the Impact Sites of Meteorites and Asteroids Worldwide
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann, geologist from the University of Freiburg’s Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, together with mineralogist Prof. Dr. Wolf Uwe Reimold from…
Awe-Inspiring Magnetic Details of the Sun Revealed by Europe’s Largest Solar Telescope
GREGOR, the largest solar telescope in Europe, which is operated by a German consortium and located on Teide Observatory, Spain, has obtained unprecedented images of…
Virtually Captured: Biomechanical Snapping Mechanisms of the Venus Flytrap Revealed
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) takes only 100 milliseconds to trap its prey. Once their leaves, which have been transformed into snap traps, have closed,…
An Effortless Trick to Improve Learning During Sleep
Effortless learning during sleep is the dream of many people. The supportive effect of smells on learning success when presented both during learning and sleep…
Cancer Cells Can Become Invisible to the Immune System – Here’s How
T cells play a huge role in our immune system’s fight against modified cells in the body that can develop into cancer. Phagocytes and B…
The Space-Time Fabric of Brain Networks – Neuroscientists Decode Neuronal Activity
Researchers have discovered how neuronal networks are able to generate activity sequences for meaningful behavior. Neuroscientists at the Bernstein Center Freiburg (BCF) of the University…
Neuroscientists Show How Interactions Between Neuronal Migration and Outgrowth Shape Network Architecture
Neurons are not randomly arranged in the human brain. In the cortex, they are organized in interconnected clusters with high intrinsic connectivity. This modular connectivity…
Global Danger: Sinking Water Tables Worldwide
Groundwater is the world’s largest source of freshwater and it is of vital importance for food production. Increasing extraction of groundwater in recent decades has…
Scientists Demonstrate How Auxin Reaches Its Destination
A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how the plant hormone auxin is transported within the cell and how this signaling…
