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A large city's sewage contains a huge variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microscopic organisms.

New Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) in Medicine / CRC in Mathematics extended The University of Münster is delighted at approvals given for two large-scale projects.

The University of Würzburg is part of a new Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) in which innovative therapeutic strategies against cancer are being sought.

  The German Research Foundation (DFG) is establishing eleven new Collaborative Research Centres (CRC), five of which are CRC/Transregios (TRR), which are jointly funded by several universities.

A touch of the button is all'it takes to improve the resolution of ultrasound images fivefold. This is down to bubbles floating in the bloodstream and a clever algorithm.

EU-funded research project deals with plastic pollution and the spread of antimicrobial resistance in aquatic systems A research project based at Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospi

Baden-Württemberg's Science Minister learned about the ongoing projects of the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim On its way to becoming a world-leading region in life sciences and me

Scientists from Heidelberg University spotlight results and discuss their consequences for Germany The presentation of the 2024 Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change is b

Chronic inflammation contributes to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, fatty liver and intestinal diseases, and also increases the risk of cancer. To treat these diseases, medicine has so far mainly relied on substances that inhibit the body's immune response.

Loneliness is not a disease. And yet it is a significant health problem. Depression, heart disease or dementia - people who are permanently lonely have a higher risk of becoming ill. The team led by Jana Lieberz from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), who also conducts research at the University of Bonn, and Dirk Scheele (Ruhr University Bochum) have investigated how loneliness can be specifically combated.

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