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Without the evolutionary development of a complex digestive system, there would be no large mammals, including humans.

An artificial intelligence that independently plans, carries out and analyses a complete experiment on an atomic force microscope (AFM): This is exactly what an international team of researchers in India, Denmark and Jena has demonstrated. The AI agent AILA (»Artificially Intelligent Lab Assistant«) calibrates the microscope, selects operating modes, saves and analyses image data-and decides on whether to take a new image if necessary.

The plumage colour of birds can change due to genetic mutations. However, the occurrence of such mutations depends on chance and is difficult to predict in terms of time. An international research team has now reported on a faster way of gene transfer in the journal »Science«. The group describes gene transfer across species boundaries, in which one species of wheatear passed on the predominant colouring of its plumage to another species of wheatear.

They are meticulously listed on every package insert and information sheet-the risks and side effects of drug or surgical therapy.

With the launch of the MikroGraph research project, a new Thuringian research network is starting work.

Current AI-based vision-language models can perceive content very well, but they reach their limits in more complex scientific processes. This is shown by a new study by researchers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, conducted with international partners and published in the journal 'Nature Computational Science'.

Life Published: 10:00 A recent study by an interdisciplinary research team shows how a soil bacterium can become a source of inspiration in the search of new active substances. Genomic analyses of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae shed light on its chemical diversity. Two newly discovered families of natural products, the syrilipamides and secimides, are - in combination - particularly harmful to amoebae and the secimides are also active against fungi.

Light Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Published: 10:00 Yesterday, Monday (23 June), the QUICK³ nanosatellite was launched into space from Vandenberg, California, on a carrier rocket.