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 ...

People who reduce their screen time on by merely one hour a day improve both their well-being and their motivation at work. On average, we spend three and a quarter hours a day looking at our phones.

A hug can have a beneficial effect. Even when it comes from a robot. Touch can do a lot of good – so far, so good. But to what extent do humans benefit from it? How much touch is allowed? Who should ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

An international research team has decoded the genome of the longest-lived known vertebrate: the Greenland shark. It is huge and has special repair capabilities. The Greenland Shark (Somniosus ...