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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…