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Speeding up the mobility transition
2023-09-19 13:52
Transport accounts for one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Efforts to meet climate targets by speeding up a mobility transition include solar-powered delivery boats and electrifying roads to cut truck emissions.
Researchers reveal benefits of exercise as an a...
2023-09-14 19:50
As Dusseldorf hosts the Invictus Games for wounded soldiers, therapists and researchers have been discussing the effects of exercise on people with mood disorders. They say sports can help people overcome depression.
Global talent: An anthropologist from China
2023-09-14 16:36
Biao Xiang, a social anthropologist from China, is director at the Max Planck Institute for Ethnological Research. He admires the will to innovate in German society and sees hurdles for young Chinese academics when starting their careers.
Cooking with grass pellets in Madagascar
2023-08-21 06:51
Students from Madagascar and Germany have developed a highly efficient cooker that runs on miscanthus grass pellets. They hope the fuel can replace charcoal as the cooking fuel of choice and help stop deforestation.
Restoring seagrass beds for climate protection
2023-08-19 14:14
A new research project from the SeaStore network in Kiel hopes to combat climate change by -beds of seagrass in the Baltic Sea. It's painstaking work that requires patience and dedication.
Madagascar: Leaf-tailed gecko confirmed as 'pre...
2023-08-17 08:04
A German-led team of scientists has identified a new gecko species after more than two decades. The animal was first discovered in Madagascar in 2000.
ADHD in women in Asia: The struggle for a diagn...
2023-08-13 12:38
TikTok is awash with misleading information on ADHD. There's also a gender bias among doctors. It's left women in Asia fighting for a diagnosis and help.
The science behind rainstorms: How rain turns i...
2023-08-07 14:51
Rainstorms in Slovenia, Austria and Croatia have shown yet again that water can cause catastrophic damage. But how does water swell to become a raging torrent?
Baltic Sea discovery: German archaeologists une...
2023-08-01 04:49
Divers salvaged the remnants of a 400-year-old shipwreck in the southwestern Baltic Sea. Scientists hope the wreck will give insight into Lübeck's role at the center of the Hanseatic League.
Which organs are part of the immune system?
2023-07-10 06:31
The immune system is made up of cells, proteins and organs, including the skin, the intestines and the spleen, which work to fight off harmful invaders.