Max Planck researchers from Dortmund reveal the first-ever detailed structure of the bacterial toxin Mcf1. Insect-killing bacteria typically release toxins to slay their hosts. The bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens, for example,…
The German eROSITA consortium, which includes researchers from Universität Hamburg, today published the data from its part in the first all-sky survey with the eROSITA soft X-ray imaging telescope on…
Weather and Climate Model ICON published under Open Source License. The scientific and research community in Germany and Switzerland is setting a milestone in climate and weather research: Since January…
The popular Winter School on Planetary Geologic Mapping, co-organized by Constructor University, returned to Constructor for its fourth installment, taking place January 22–26, 2024. Around 600 students and young scientists…
To rapidly transmit electrical signals in the brain, the long nerve fibers are insulated by specialized cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells also respond to the electrical signals of active nerve…
Whether we stay healthy or become seriously ill is determined by our genes. But also, the folding of our genome has a significant influence on this, as the 3D genome…