Pain perception in affected individuals is more strongly influenced by learned fear than in healthy individuals. Changes ...

Originally developed for research applications, the technology is also of interest to industry. Clara Saraceno plans to bring a new kind of laser to the market with a grant from the European Research ...

A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease in body fluids. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually diagnosed in its ...

Automated social media profiles are a powerful tool for spreading propaganda. They often feature AI-generated profile pictures. Researchers are currently looking into ways of identifying such images.

Many years of playing the instrument leave clear traces. People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function. The results of a study by ...

We all know what it’s like when the penny suddenly drops. Animals too experience such moments of insight. They could prove useful for research, according to Ekrem Dere. For generations, researchers ...

Understanding the function of a specific bacterial enzyme has paved the way for the biotechnological degradation of styrene. Polystyrene is made from styrene building blocks and is the most widely ...

Improving safety and durability of batteries requires a better understanding of processes that take place inside them at the atomic level. Tong Li intends to lay the foundations for this as part of a ...

Formaldehyde can inhibit enzymes that produce hydrogen particularly efficiently. Researchers from Bochum have discovered how this can be prevented. Formaldehyde is known as a preservative, among other ...

The more difficult the task, the more stress occurs. Or so you might think, but it’s not quite that simple. Is it the difficulty of a task that determines whether or not students are stressed when ...

Rocks undergo changes over millions of years. Yet it is possible to extract information from them about the climate at the time of their formation. Fluids circulating underground change rocks over the ...

The researcher joined the Research Center Future Energy Materials and Systems in March – thanks in part to a "NRW Returning Scholars Grant". Awardees receiving a "NRW Returning Scholars Grant" can ...