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Mushrooms are existing in a breathtaking variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Especially in autumn, mushroom hunters are going into the forests to find the tastiest of them, prepare them in multiple ways and eat them with relish. However, it is well known that there are also poisonous mushrooms among them, and it is live saving to distinguish between them.

Study reveals how generational change and family events are associated with a person's wealth A new study conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), the University of Cologne, GESIS and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health explores how an individual's financial wealth changes in relation to generational transitions within the family.

Academic surveys of groups can become less reliable if participants stop responding in the course the survey.

First cross-national analysis of international investments in nature conservation shows how funds can be used more efficiently to protect tropical forests.

Economist presents study results on the four-day pilot project Wellbeing increases when working hours are reduced - while productivity remains the same or even increases moderately. This was supported by a Germany-wide study conducted by the University of Münster under the scientific direction of Professor Dr Julia Backmann and co-led by Dr Felix Hoch.

Research project at Freie Universität Berlin documenting historic photographs of deportations in Nazi Germany receives prestigious online award The #LastSeen image atlas, an international research pr

News from Jens Meiler was returning from a conference in Mainz with students and postdocs when he received the good news: his long-time colleague and friend, biochemist David Baker from the Universit

Official opening of the Ihnestraße Memorial - a new permanent exhibition at Freie Universität Berlin - to commemorate historical site of eugenics institute Freie Universität Berlin has installed a pe

With five action areas, several dozen objectives and measures, and well over 250 people involved in its creation, the new Strategy Paper on Sustainability is set to embed the issue even more firmly across the University of Bonn.

Researchers have patented the active ingredient against gastrointestinal stromal tumors and licensed it to a pharmaceutical company Around 1,200 Germans are diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tu

While facial expressions do play an important role, they are not the only crucial factor. A person's facial expression provides crucial information for us to recognize their emotions.