2022 was one of the two warmest years on record
According to the German Weather Service (DWD), Germany experienced an "exceptional weather year" in 2022. According to the...
Europe's first ecosystem with its own rights
The largest saltwater lagoon in the western Mediterranean is threatened with ecological collapse. Intensive agriculture is...
Amphibian and reptile species threatened by drought years
The low rainfall in recent years has not only severely reduced amphibians in Brandenburg, but also many reptile species....
Increasing wildfires due to climate change
Devastating wildfires like the recent ones in Australia and California will increase significantly because of climate...
Google reduces the error rate of its quantum computer
Nobody's perfect - this is especially true for Google's quantum computer "Sycamore," which two years ago was able to solve...
Climate protection: great goals, but no way to get there
Helmut Kohl already knew how to make politics with climate targets. In 1995, shortly before a UN climate conference in...
Indoor farms are particularly environmentally friendly
Glass display cases in grocery stores are nothing unusual. But what is this one doing in the vegetable section of a...
Artificial snow to preserve glaciers
Felix Keller is visibly excited. He doesn't seem to mind the double-digit temperatures at 2100 meters above sea level at...
Two billion euro program for innovation in Bavaria
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has presented a two-billion-euro program to expand research and innovation in...
Antibiotic shows antiviral potential
Researchers at Yale have discovered that a type of antibiotic surprisingly displays antiviral properties in...
Future smart devices might provide you with a feel for virtual textures and shapes
Imagine you are browsing the just-released iPhone that you would like to purchase on your tablet. Normally, what would...
Seven "Earth-ish" planets herald a new season in the search for alien life
Astronomers found seven approximately Earth-sized, rocky planets about 40 light years (235 trillion miles) from us. They...
Are we there yet- The long journey to Mars
How close are we to the giant leap to Mars? Recently the partial success of the European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars...
Mars welcomes its latest orbiter ExoMars
On 19th October 2016 the European-Russian mission ExoMars arrived at its destination. It delivered the Trace Gas Orbiter,...
Turning a new leaf in the search for lower emissions
Carbon dioxide (or CO2) is probably the most notorious atmospheric public enemy.
Being a potent greenhouse gas, it...
Stretching quantum cats could make for better computers
A team of physicists at Yale demonstrated that the inherent quantum weirdness can be harnessed to make quantum computers,...
Networking: Nature or Nurture?
Interview with expert science communicator Alaina Levine who is the author of 'Networking for Nerds'.
Could you tell us...
A 300-year old mystery solved!
Professor Andrew Wiles (pictured above), faculty at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford has won the most...
Climate change may not alter Southeast Asian Monsoons
Climate change is a looming threat of the 21st century, and seems to be the talk of the town.
One way that the human...
Why you won't lose weight with exercise alone
If magazines and health clubs are to be believed, the new year should coincide with a whole new you. Many gyms see up to a...
EU wants to tighten emissions trading
Test flight for NASA "Artemis" moon mission launched
Global warming in Arctic much faster than previously assumed
Deutsches Museum becomes fit for the future
Number of toads and frogs in Brandenburg drops dramatically
Amazon rainforest threatens to become savannah
Traffic lights agreement on CO2 price sharing
The dangerous dependence on pesticides
The brown dog tick opens up habitats in Germany
Healthy reefs survive coral bleaching from heat waves
Horses and donkeys revive a desert biotope
Pathogens, the invisible historians
Cause of mass death of bald eagles discovered
Mathematical modelling could reduce infection rates
Climate fight looks to CO2 storage
Mystery solved: The origins of flying dinosaurs
Radiation fraud must be exposed
Climate Change and Mathematical Modelling Illusions
Do Animals Have Supernatural powers?
A green way of coloring denims blue
Body clock research wins the 2017 Nobel prize in physiology
Planting trees no longer an option to mop up our increasing CO2 emissions
Swarms of robots go with the flow to reveal the mysteries of the ocean
Revolutionizing clean energy by recycling not-quite-so-rare earths
Nanomachines win Nobel Prize
How interfering with your vision can shatter your recall of the way things look
Looking through 'Smart' Windows
Welcome to the neighborhood, Proxima b!
Bacteria Needed to Save Coral Reef
Welcome to Jupiter!
"Happy little accident" opens new avenues for amazing future batteries
Predicting the tipping point of complex systems
Eating away at efforts to alleviate climate change
Even Chimps Trust Friends
A bright window into our past, present and future
When the sea comes marching in
Gravity waves a 'Hello! I am here!'
Computers of the future may have eyes of an insect
Power for a charger-free world
