Patients with serious speech disorders are often able to sing complete texts. However, melody may not be the decisive factor
both images, lesions can be seen in the left brain hemisphere (here on the right-hand
Olfaction in land crabs is still in an early transitional stage between life in water and on land
The olfactory sense of vinegar flies, on the other hand, was not influenced by the
A spectacle in the winter sky – but not only birds and fish, also swimming bacteria show collective movement patterns. Marburg researchers are investigating their biophysical principles.
fascinatingly flowing movement of flocks of birds in the sky – as if guided by an invisible hand
The success of life on earth is based on the amazing ability of living cells to divide themselves into two daughter cells. During such a division process, the outer cell membrane has to undergo a series of morphological transformations that ultimately lead to membrane fission. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, and at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, have now achieved unprecedented control over these shape transformations and the resulting division process by anchoring low densities of proteins to the artificial cell membranes.
On the one hand, artificial cells with a wide membrane neck remain stable for days
What may be the earliest surviving objects seen by microscope – specimens prepared and viewed by the early Dutch naturalist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek – have been reunited with one of his original microscopes for a state of the art photoshoot. This event allowed science historians to recapture the ‚look‘ of seventeenth century science, recording the moment in digital films and with stunning high-resolution colour photographs for the first time.
and specimen orientation that were possible while using one of Leeuwenhoek’s own hand-held
Otto Hahn und die Mainauer Deklaration von 1955
des Hitler-Regimes – das Szenario eines Dritten Weltkriegs und mahnte: „In der Hand
Open Science addresses concerns about the reliability of scientific research and is gaining traction in various fields. Ugofilippo Basellini’s paper reviews the state of openness in demographic research and finds significant progress in open access, but less so in the availability of open software code. The study emphasizes the importance of sharing software code to advance the field and proposes recommendations to encourage this practice. Basellini advocates for a culture of openness, emphasizing the need for supportive feedback, incentives, and training to encourage code sharing.
On the one hand, the publication of demographic research is becoming more and more
Playing an instrument presents an enormous challenge for our brains. How exactly the brain masters the complex coordination tasks needed to meet that challenge is the subject of two new studies. The first one identified the region of the brain in which a musical idea becomes a finger movement during solo playing. The second one shows that when playing duets, the brains of both musicians must be on the same “wavelength.”
One pianist would play the melody with his or her right hand, while the other performed
Jochem Marotzke, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, spent several years researching in the USA himself. He shares his insights on what the Trump administration’s policies mean for his U.S. colleagues, national and international climate research, the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and climate protection.
On the one hand, NASA – which also conducts extensive climate research – seems to
Jochem Marotzke, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, spent several years researching in the USA himself. He shares his insights on what the Trump administration’s policies mean for his U.S. colleagues, national and international climate research, the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and climate protection.
On the one hand, NASA – which also conducts extensive climate research – seems to
