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An insect bite becomes infected, pneumonia is not recognized in time, germs enter the body after an operation: What begins harmlessly can turn into sepsis - a life-threatening blood poisoning. Every year, around 75,000 people die from sepsis in Germa ..
Each of our cells constantly has to make decisions. Should it grow or divide? Which signals from the environment should it respond to? The cell answers these vital questions with the help of sensors on its surface. A team led by biochemist Benjamin S ..
Our pancreas works like a sophisticated transport system. It sends digestive enzymes through fine channels into the small intestine. But how does this branched network of cavities form during development in the womb? Researchers at the Max Planck Ins ..
Whoever develops new drugs needs tissue samples for testing. These samples have to be preserved. Until now, this has usually been done laboriously by hand. An error during freezing can destroy the sensitive structures. The Fraunhofer Institute for Ma ..
Is the tomato really fresh? Is the jacket made of pure cotton or polyester? And how much fertilizer does the field really need? In future, questions like these can be answered in a matter of seconds. This is made possible by a new type of camera that ..
Who doesn't remember the Tamagotchi from the 90s? The little digital pet had to be fed and cared for, otherwise it died. Researchers at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau now want to use precisely this principle for the energy t ..
A drink in the bar, a blackout, a suspicion. What happens then? Most people who believe they have been secretly given knockout drops do not go to the police. This is shown by the first interim results of the "Don't knock me out" study, in which Chemn ..
Whether our heart beats properly depends on tiny receptors in our cells. These so-called receptors receive signals from outside and transmit them. Until now, they were thought to function like simple light switches. But researchers at Leipzig Univers ..
Whether it's the display in a smartphone, the solar cell on the roof or the sensor in a car - behind all these technologies are materials that first have to be thoroughly tested. Until now, this has been a time-consuming process. Researchers at the F ..
Many people know hydrogen peroxide as a hair bleaching agent or disinfectant. However, the substance is also produced high up in the atmosphere in clouds and raindrops. There it has a massive impact on air quality. Researchers from the Leibniz Instit ..
Drugs that are transported directly to diseased cells using tiny particles - that sounds like a dream of the future. But nanomedicine has long been a reality. However, there are still unanswered questions. This is because the tiny particles enter the ..