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Online intervention helps to promote social skills and reduce mental health problems Mental health problems, loneliness already among the youngest and polarization are rapidly increasing, especially after the Covid19 pandemic.

A team of researchers has developed a virtual brain twin for more effective treatment of psychosis patients Mental health is an increasingly important public health issue in the European Union.

Researchers observe a wild orangutan applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first for a wild animal Even though there is evidence of certain self-medication behaviors in animals, so far it has never been known that animals treat their wounds with healing plants. Now, biologists from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany and Universitas Nasional, Indonesia have observed this in a male Sumatran orangutan who sustained a facial wound.

University of Bonn researchers demonstrate how tiny, innocuous particles strengthen the immune response Our lungs are bombarded by all manner of different particles every single day.

Study with infants shows a surprising "internal clock" of intestinal bacteria The formulation of infant formula has an effect on the intestinal flora of babies.

Uveitis experts from Bonn, Berlin, Münster, and Mannheim provide an overview of an underestimated imaging technique Uveitis is a rare inflammatory eye disease.

Experts call for recommendations and guidelines to be amended accordingly. If a patient is successfully resuscitated after a cardiac arrest and circulation resumes, they are not out of the woods yet.

Some children are particularly brave, others very compassionate. And then there are the temperamental ones - all with their own unique strengths.

"AUTOMETA" develops microfluidic chips to make personalised treatment with medicines more effective Coordinated by the University of Freiburg, the project "AUTOMETA: Automated preparation of samples

A wet head can save lives during thunderstorms - this has been known since the team led by Prof. Jens Haueisen and Prof. Michael Rock published the results of their research on lightning discharges in the renowned journal Springer Nature Scientific Reports. The scientists have succeeded in demonstrating that rainwater on the scalp can reduce damage caused by direct lightning strikes to the head.

Genetic engineering: indispensable for the natural and the life sciences - and long since a part of everyday life "An eleven-year-old boy, deaf from birth, can hear again".

The Volkswagen Foundation is providing 1.8 million in funding for a project studying the effects of evaluation and reward systems in science In what ways do evaluation and reward systems influence the conduct and results of research studies?

Understanding the regulatory mechanism paves the way to enhance the effectiveness of anti-inflammatory therapies and to develop strategies to counteract the negative effects of stressand age-related cortisol excess.

Cardior has utilized basic research from the Max Planck Society to advance its proprietary technology and pipeline Novo Nordisk has agreed to acquire Cardior Pharmaceuticals for up to 1.025 bi

News from Professor Antje Körner, Professor of Metabolic Research at Leipzig University's Faculty of Medicine and Head of the Metabolism Division at the Helmholtz Institute of Metabolic, Obesity and

Cancer is one of the most common causes of death in children worldwide. A research team in which the University of Würzburg is involved wants to change this - and has now received substantial funding for its work.

Most students in German schools rate their health as good. However, almost all'of them get too little physical activity and their health situation is heavily dependent on wealth, age and gender. These are some of the findings of the current HBSC study (Health Behavior in School-aged Children). This nationwide survey involved 6,500 students.

Working with a new Emmy Noether Group, Dr. Pascal Schlosser is investigating how machine learning can aid in understanding the complex relationships between genes, proteins, and diseases Proteins have a multitude of biological functions in the human body. Diseases may develop if there are disruptions in protein production, structure, or function.

Children with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) develop premature aging symptoms. Karima Djabali, Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), wants to understand the biological m

Heidelberg scientists receive the BIAL Award in Biomedicine worth 300,000 euros Their ground-breaking discovery of how healthy nerve cells in the brain make contact with glioblastoma tumour cells and

Magical texts from Egypt in Coptic script and language are the focus of a research project at the University of Würzburg. They are now being presented for the first time in a 600-page book. A team of scholars spent five years studying them: "magical" texts from Egypt that were written on papyrus, parchment, paper and shards of clay - so-called ostraca - and date from the period between the fourth and twelfth centuries AD.

Scientists provide insights Did Charles Darwin invent the term "evolution" The clear answer is no. Charles Darwin didn't invent the concept of evolution, and he himself rarely used the word. Nevertheless, the British naturalist is seen - rightly - as the creator of the theory of evolution, which explains to us the 'tribal' development of biological species: phylogenesis.

How do immune cells move in infectious regions of the body? And how do newly developed agents reach places, for example, where they can fight tumors? X-ray fluorescence imaging, developed further at Universität Hamburg, provides new insight into these questions. Now a team at Universität Hamburg wants to improve access to this technology in cooperation with Siemens- Healthineers and TU Berlin.