Hüte in unterschiedlichen Farben und Formen, Punkte und Streifen, dicke und dünne Stiele – das vielfältige Erscheinungsbild von Pilzen prägt die heimischen Wälder. Martin Kirchmair vom Institut für Mikrobiologie ist Experte für diese faszinierende Welt und gibt Einblicke in ihre Vielfalt. (more…)
Humans did not accelerate the decline of the ‘Green Sahara’ and may have managed to hold back the onset of the Sahara desert by around 500 years, according to new research led by UCL. (more…)
In a timely new University of Washington political science class, professor Mark A. Smith asks: How do we separate fact from fiction these days? How do we know what is true? (more…)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have described rapid and dramatic clearing of low cloud cover off the southwest coast of Africa. This newly observed phenomenon could help climatologists understand how clouds affect Earth’s heating and cooling. (more…)
Identifying and counting fish species in murky water filled with deadly predators is a difficult job. But fisheries scientists in the Northern Territory are working on an artificial intelligence project with Microsoft that has incredible potential for marine science around the world. (more…)
Ergebnisse der Europäischen Wertestudie 1990-2018
Zwei Drittel der ÖsterreicherInnen verstehen sich als religiöse Menschen – Die persönliche Religiosität entkoppelt sich immer mehr von den Religionsgemeinschaften.
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Eye research targets scar tissue that forms after surgery
Today’s cataract surgery is often described as a marvel of modern medicine, a one-hour outpatient procedure that has spared millions from blindness, especially in developed countries. (more…)
The seemingly random digits known as prime numbers are not nearly as scattershot as previously thought. A new analysis by Princeton University researchers has uncovered patterns in primes that are similar to those found in the positions of atoms inside certain crystal-like materials. (more…)
