For animals, sleeping on their left side is not about comfort. It is a survival strategy.

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.

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 ...

Upon energy restriction, an unusual release of the neurotransmitter glutamate can be observed. The overabundance of glutamate ultimately causes damages to nerve cells. Our brain requires a constant ...

The discovery of the phantom touch illusion provides insights into human perception and opens up new perspectives for interaction with virtual reality technology. Virtual reality (VR) is not only a ...

Hallmark of Parkinson’s disease are Lewy bodies in the brain consisting of misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins. These misfolded proteins can be measured by the iRS (immuno infrared sensor) technology ...

Micro-organisms generate all sorts of materials that could serve as potential agents for combating bacteria and fungi. An international research team has identified and optimized enzymes that can ...

The brain is constantly storing new experiences that it has to integrate into the jumble of existing memories. Surprisingly, it does not overwrite previous memory traces in the process. The first day ...

When exposed to high temperatures and pressure, water enters a state in which liquid and gas can no longer be distinguished. For a long time, there has been controversy about how this looks like on a ...

The work was funded by the German Research Foundation as part of Research Group 2982 (funding number 413163866) and as part of the Ruhr Explores Solvation Cluster of Excellence (EXC ...

Utilizing artificial intelligence-based techniques and computer simulations, an urban planner from Nigeria works together with the group of Professor Andreas Rienow at Ruhr University Bochum. Dr.

The Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus), an elusive dweller of the depths of the northern Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean, is the world’s longest-living vertebrate, with an estimated lifespan of ...