A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease in body fluids. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually diagnosed in its ...

Researchers have created a miniature biocatalyst for hydrogen production. It works efficiently with electrons from photosynthesis. Natural hydrogen-producing enzymes are large and extremely sensitive ...

We all know what it’s like when the penny suddenly drops. Animals too experience such moments of insight. They could prove useful for research, according to Ekrem Dere. For generations, researchers ...

Understanding the function of a specific bacterial enzyme has paved the way for the biotechnological degradation of styrene. Polystyrene is made from styrene building blocks and is the most widely ...

New results from physicists in Bochum have challenged the Standard Model of Cosmology. “Since time immemorial people have been looking at the sky and trying to understand how much stars, planets, ...

How much digital detox is necessary to live a better life? The good news is that we don’t have to waive them completely. We blame smartphone use for a number of negative consequences, ranging from ...

Researchers uncover how a key RNA-processing factor safeguards proper brain development. Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often ...

Rocks undergo changes over millions of years. Yet it is possible to extract information from them about the climate at the time of their formation. Fluids circulating underground change rocks over the ...

Using ammonia is regarded as a promising method of transporting hydrogen. However, an efficient process is also needed to convert it back into hydrogen and nitrogen. An international research team has ...

Covalent organic framework compounds are more active as catalysts than one would expect. Researchers have now discovered why. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are less stable as catalysts than ...

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles’ heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. The efforts of a research team from Bochum and Würzburg give hope for new ...

Sabine Swoboda outlines in our interview the definition of genocide in accordance with international law and what this definition means for the situation in Gaza. Discussions about the situation in ...