One-dimensional gas out of light

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, now reveal how a bacterial parasite infects and reproduces in the nuclei of deep-sea mussels from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. A single bacterial cell invades the mussel's nucleus where it reproduces to over 80,000 cells, while ensuring that its host cell stays alive.

Bonn researchers get to the bottom of the social aspect of communication for mental activity. Across all species, critical skills are passed on from parents to offspring through communication.

Numerous studies have shown that the older the father, the higher the risk of disease for the offspring. Human geneticists at the University of Würzburg have now taken a closer look at the processes responsible for this.

Bonn researchers get to the bottom of the social aspect of communication for mental activity. Across all species, important survival skills such as hunting prey are passed on from parents to offspring through communication.