Could we predict La Niña drought years in advance?

Scientists' ability to predict the strength and duration of droughts caused by La Niña -- a…

Ceria nanoparticles: It is the surface that matters

Exhaust gas cleaning of passenger cars, power generation from sunlight, or water splitting: In the future,…

Lava or not, exoplanet 55 Cancri e likely to have atmosphere

Twice as big as Earth, the super-Earth 55 Cancri e was thought to have lava flows…

For older women, every movement matters

Women who engaged in 30 minutes per day of light physical activity had a 12 percent…

Neurobiology: Fixated on food?

Contrast has an impact on the optokinetic reflex, which enables us to clearly perceive the landscape…

New treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb

Archaeologists have examined embossed gold applications from the sensational find of 1922. The motifs indicate surprising…

How bacteria in the gut influence neurodegenerative disorders

Humans have roughly as many bacterial cells in their bodies as human cells, and most of…

Climate change impacts already locked in, but the worst can still be avoided

Some impacts of global warming -- such as sea level rise and coastal flooding -- are…

New procedures for DNA stability

In eukaryotic cells the proximity of the genes to the nuclear pores, which are found in…

Renaissance of the iron-air battery

Iron-air batteries promise a considerably higher energy density than present-day lithium-ion batteries. Their main constituent --…