Researchers in Heidelberg developed precision mechanisms for the Roman Space Telescope to make planets visible next to their ...

Nine early-career researchers from the Max Planck Society have been awarded prestigious Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), receiving up to €1.5 million each to fund their ...

On a high Norwegian plateau in late May, patches of bare ground begin to appear through the snow, and with them arrive some of Europe's most approachable birds. Eurasian Dotterels breed on exposed ...

The sophisticated vocal communication systems of birds and mammals are characterized by a high degree of plasticity in which signals are individually adjusted in response to changes in the environment ...

A mysterious gravitational wave signal points to two merging black holes, each too massive to be the remnants of a star. Researchers have an idea more ...

Wassertropfen, die über Kunststoff- oder Blattoberflächen gleiten, laden sich elektrisch auf. Geladene Tropfen können Beschichtungen wie etwa Lacke und darunterliegende Metalle schädigen. Das ...

The evolutionary history of our own species can be traced back to fossils from Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) dated to about 300,000 years ago. Last year's analysis of these fossils by researchers from the ...

The universe came into being around 13.8 billion years ago with the Big Bang. At that time, a hot, dense fog of radiation and elementary particles wafted in space, which was rapidly expanding. The ...

They are considered next-generation batteries: solid-state batteries promise higher storage capacity, even greater safety, and, in theory, a longer service life. This could help electric vehicles ...

Haben wir Ihr Interesse geweckt? Dann freuen wir uns auf Ihre Bewerbung mit aussagefähigen Bewerbungsunterlagen (inklusive Zeugnisse / Arbeitszeugnisse) zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt über unser ...

The tone pitch is a key element of communication in all languages, but more so in some than others. German or English, for example, still remain comprehensible even if all words are intonated evenly ...

700 light years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo, the planet WASP-39b orbits the star WASP-39. The gas giant, which takes little more than four days to complete one orbit, is one of the best ...