Engaging with traditional media not associated with happiness or anxiety levels. Consuming traditional forms of media - including books, music and television - has little effect on short-term adult well-being, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Vienna, published in Nature Scientific Reports.

By analyzing ancient DNA an international team of scientists with participation of Ron Pinhasi's team of the University of Vienna was able to retrace the world's oldest family tree.

Bitter taste receptors do not only support humans in tasting. They are also found on cancer cells.

The use of a routine before performance provides substantial advantage in sports.

Distinct ecological niches: Tropical species profoundly alter ecosystem functioning in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea - with unknown consequences.

Bacteria rapidly modify mobile parts of their genome to develop resistance to viruses.

With observations of one of the closest star-forming regions to the sun a team of international astronomers discovered the largest population of free-floating planets.

Through their research efforts, the team was able to finally disprove an intuitive assumption that in order for two particles of matter to merge and form larger units (i.e.

The boundary between forward and backward blurs in quantum mechanics.

Evolution led to similarities in the melodies of animal vocalizations and human languages.

Extraordinary shape makes births more difficult, but guarantees stability.

A team at the Department for Pharmaceutical Sciences developed a therapy concept that could stop tumor growth.