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Behind bars, religion is more often a source of strength, meaning and transformation Islam in European prisons is often presented as a security concern, a possible breeding ground for radicalisation.

University of Warwick and MIT scientists reveal hidden microscopic networks on catalyst surfaces that could lead to cleaner and greener chemical processes. Catalysts are essential to modern industry, accelerating reactions used to produce everything from fertilisers and fuels to medicines and hydrogen energy.

As part of the EU project MusicSphere, the TU Ilmenau is working with eleven partners from across Europe to digitize the historic organ of Ilmenau's town church in a detailed 3D model.

People with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder die on average ten to 20 years earlier than the general population.

This week, EPFL is hosting Sustainability Week, with a public open house on Saturday, March 7. How EPFL has halved its volume of incinerable waste over the past ten years? We spoke with two of the people who are helping to change our habits - and our campuses - one bin at a time.

Around 100 years ago, Ljuba Metzl translated a famous Baroque drama from Latin into German. But her achievement has been suppressed from history.

Christian buildings have been part of the architectural heritage of Islamic countries for many centuries.

The Cluster of Excellence "Cross-Cultural Philology" at LMU Munich, which was launched at the beginning of 2026, takes a global look at 5,000 years of written culture.

Major grant aimed at discovering much-needed anti-parasitic drugs to protect cattle Taylor Charlebois, Veterinary Medicine Parasites weaken cattle, costing the beef industry hundreds of millions of dollars, an issue that's made worse by rising drug resistance.

When the densest objects in the universe collide and merge, the violence sets off gravitational waves that reverberate across space and time over hundreds of millions and even billions of years. By the time they pass through Earth, such cosmic ripples are barely discernible.

A year after stopping taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, people regain on average 60% of their lost weight - but beyond this, their weight regain plateaus, with individuals managing to keep off 25% of the weight lost to treatment, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. Drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy act like brakes on our appetite.

Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming.

Cambridge scientists have shown that when tumours first emerge, interactions with healthy cells in the underlying supportive tissue determine their ability to survive, grow, and progress to advanced stages of disease. The way healthy tissue responds to the emergence of early tumours also plays a crucial role in whether disease develops Greta Skrupskelyte The study, carried out in mice and further validated using human tissue, may explain why some tiny, newly-formed tumours disappear, while others manage to survive and eventually grow into cancer.

The toxin she works with is so potent that it kills the bacteria that produce it Antibiotics have transformed medicine.

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck, together with partners from Sydney and Waterloo, have presented a new diagnostic method for quantum computers.

Nightlife Young people - especially women - increasingly fear being drugged, and the phenomenon is more widespread and complex than previously assumed.

These and other mind-body interventions can be particularly helpful when programs are shorter, simpler and cognitively less demanding, and when caregivers provide support, researchers find Non-pharma

A tiny parasitoid wasp from Asia has established itself in the Netherlands without deliberate release.

Payments that enable landowners to rewild ecologically degraded land - in the form of biodiversity credits bought by investors wishing to offset their impact on nature - could be an effective component of the emerging market for nature recovery, but will not work as a stand-alone approach.

The first survey of Canadian consumers regarding their purchase and disposal of electronics reveals that 64 per cent of people replace their items for reasons other than the device breaking down or being obsolete.

A new study warns that efforts to reduce bureaucracy may fail due to a lack of information among the population.

After more than twenty years of competing in the World Solar Challenge in Australia, Solar Team Twente is entering a new chapter.

Dr Lucy Core (UCL UK Dementia Research Institute) describes in The Conversation how some patients with dementia can develop new and unexpected interests, suggesting that not all dementia symptoms are related to memory loss.

A new analysis of Child Measurement Programme data from England, Scotland, and Wales challenges recent reports suggesting children in Britain are getting shorter. The analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, reveals that average child height has increased over the past two decades.

ANU epidemiologists argue that it's time to retire the label 'CALD' in health demographics. Social categorisation - putting people who share common characteristics into boxes - helps us make sense of society.

The Universitat de València participates in a new study, conducted by Institut d'Investigació Sanitària INCLIVA and Hospital Clínic Universitari de València, which explores the impact of the microbio

Researchers at TU Graz are using virtual reality and large language models to support people with autism spectrum disorder in training social skills.

Legal scholar Josef Drexl calls for a new remuneration model to protect against AI displacement The value of human creativity: Josef Drexl, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Com

Dutch youth drink excessive amounts of sugary drinks. On average, they drink almost two and a half litres per week, while half of them consume around four litres.