Life sciences

News from At Leipzig University Medicine, scientists are researching how bodies, organs, cells and microbes talk to each other.

Research team identifies new selectivity in mouse visual cortex using "digital twins". The visual cortex is the part of the brain that enables visual perception.

Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming. This is shown by a recent study by the universities of Würzburg and Bremen.

A Europe-wide citizen science study reveals common buzzards are becoming more uniform in colour. Mapping colour: Scientists used nearly 100,000 citizen science observations to map and track common buzzard plumage colour across Europe.

Villages can provide important habitats for insects. A new study by the University of Würzburg shows which areas in rural settlements are particularly rich in species - and where there is still room for improvement.

Researchers have deciphered the process by which the influenza virus steals the cap of the host RNA to replicate.