Researchers have decisively classified the marine parasite Dicyemida, yielding new opportunities for understanding parasites and…
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Virtual laboratory: Fast, flexible and exact
During the forming process, sheet metal materials are often stressed to their limits. Computer simulations…
Precision work: Defect-free coatings for silicon spheres
The prototype kilogram – to which all scales are calibrated to – is losing weight….
Cause of chemoresistance in small cell lung cancer discovered
Approximately one year after successful treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy, patients with advanced Small…
People with dementia benefit from goal-oriented therapy
A large-scale trial has found that cognitive rehabilitation leads to people seeing satisfying progress in…
Helping EU cities and regions cut carbon emissions
A series of first-ever maps shows regional-scale differences in carbon footprints in the EU. The…
Language development starts in the womb
A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone…
Rare disease clues found in cell’s recycling system
Scientists have demonstrated how an investigational drug works against a rare, fatal genetic disease, Niemann-Pick…
Global hotspots for potential water conflict identified
More than 1,400 new dams or water diversion projects are planned or already under construction,…
Key to speeding up carbon sequestration discovered
The slow part of a chemical reaction that allows carbon to be sequestered in the…