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

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic. Although ...

Researchers in Bochum have discovered a control mechanism that may also operate beyond plants. How lipids in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum of plant cells interact with proteins to organize ...

Researchers hope to use plasmas to make the production of hydrogen and steel more environmentally friendly. The key to this is a tornado that they generate in a lab. There is a storm brewing in the ...

A new method reconstructs carbon dioxide levels and photosynthesis from fossilized tooth enamel. A previously untapped source of data sheds new light on the climate of the early Earth: fossilized ...

Researchers ask physicians to consider anti-IgLON5 disease if certain symptoms are present, as the only promising approach is early treatment. It often starts with restless sleep. Mobility, swallowing ...

Researchers have created a miniature biocatalyst for hydrogen production. It works efficiently with electrons from photosynthesis. Natural hydrogen-producing enzymes are large and extremely sensitive ...

The human protein, which is used against cystic fibrosis among other things, is currently produced only in mammalian cells with considerable effort and money. The protein DNase1 is one of the oldest ...

Researchers are investigating the mechanisms and identifying new areas of the brain that can benefit patients when stimulated. Persons with Parkinson’s disease increasingly lose their mobility over ...

Newly detected [FeFe]-hydrogenase from a thermophilic bacterium is not degraded by oxygen. In the absence of air, microorganisms produce hydrogen using an enzyme called [FeFe]-hydrogenase, one of the ...

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles’ heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. The efforts of a research team from Bochum and Würzburg give hope for new ...

Linguistic symptoms and an onset early in life: Disorders to which this applies are frequently associated with left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness. The fact that left-handedness resp.