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Life Sciences - 08.07.2025
Chimpanzees adopt social ’fads’ even when they serve no purpose
Chimpanzees have been observed copying quirky social behaviours from one another - wearing grass in their ears and bottoms - despite these actions offering no apparent practical benefit.

Life Sciences - Health - 08.07.2025
Simon Licht-Mayer receives project grant from Wings for Life

Life Sciences - Health - 07.07.2025
New DFG research group on protein folding
New DFG research group on protein folding

Life Sciences - Environment - 07.07.2025
A microorganism transforms CO into mineral rocks
At concentrations of CO2 470 times higher than atmospheric concentrations, a soil bacterium accomplishes something extraordinary: it turns gas into stone.

Health - Life Sciences - 03.07.2025
First international curriculum for epilepsy surgery published

Health - Life Sciences - 03.07.2025
A mathematical perspective on the placenta
A mathematical perspective on the placenta

Life Sciences - Health - 02.07.2025
Labs-on-chips, biomaterials, bioreactors and more: 7 bioengineering MSc projects get 2,5k
Labs-on-chips, biomaterials, bioreactors and more: 7 bioengineering MSc projects get 2,5k
MSc project Supervisor #1 Supervisor #2 () Student Better labs-on-chips using biobased materials Massimo Mastrangeli (EWI/ME) Baris Kumru (AE/ASM) To be recruited Exploring a new way to study effe

Life Sciences - Health - 02.07.2025
Novel Approaches for Protecting the Inner Ear from Hearing Loss
In 2015, Andre Hoelz, the Mary and Charles Ferkel Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, learned he had a rare brain tumor that was pressing on his acoustic nerve.

Health - Life Sciences - 01.07.2025
Canton of Basel-Stadt Supports Long-Term Study to Improve Health of Population
Canton of Basel-Stadt Supports Long-Term Study to Improve Health of Population
The Government of the Canton of Basel-Stadt has confirmed its support for the continuation of the long-term population cohort study COVCO-Basel led by Swiss TPH.

Environment - Life Sciences - 01.07.2025
Underground microbial life more stable than expected
Underground microbial life more stable than expected
Microbial communities living deep underground in the groundwater of Lavey-les-Bains remain surprisingly stable throughout the year, even though the composition of the water changes seasonally. This is the finding of a study by researchers that contributes to a better understanding of geothermal systems and microbial life deep underground.

Life Sciences - 30.06.2025
Why evolution can explain human testicle size but not our unique chins
Why humans have chins is one of many as-yet unanswered questions about evolution that scientists are making progress towards solving, rewrites Professor Max Telford (UCL Biosciences) in The Conversation.

Life Sciences - Health - 30.06.2025
Of Mice and Mind
Of Mice and Mind

Life Sciences - 27.06.2025
Here are the flowers that both bees and humans like best
Insects Botanists from the University of Copenhagen and the UK set out to find the best flower combinations for bees and hoverflies.

Life Sciences - Innovation - 27.06.2025
New project to pioneer the principles of human genome synthesis
An ambitious new research project, SynHG (Synthetic Human Genome), is aiming to develop the foundational and scalable tools, technology and methods needed to synthesise human genomes.

Life Sciences - Environment - 26.06.2025
Using GPS trackers to study red deer behaviour in Scotland

Health - Life Sciences - 26.06.2025
Oxford to lead new £50m MRC Centre to develop brain stimulation device-based therapies

Life Sciences - Health - 25.06.2025
Trinity researchers secure Research Ireland Pathway awards
Four Trinity researchers have secured awards worth a combined total of ¤2.57 million under Research Ireland's Pathway funding programme.

Life Sciences - Chemistry - 25.06.2025
New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential
Protein research Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems.

Life Sciences - Chemistry - 25.06.2025
Following the tracks of an extremely adaptive bacterium
Following the tracks of an extremely adaptive bacterium
Life Published: 10:00 A recent study by an interdisciplinary research team shows how a soil bacterium can become a source of inspiration in the search of new active substances. Genomic analyses of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae shed light on its chemical diversity. Two newly discovered families of natural products, the syrilipamides and secimides, are - in combination - particularly harmful to amoebae and the secimides are also active against fungi.

Innovation - Life Sciences - 25.06.2025
Silk Cocoons, Nasal Cavities, Spider Webs... the Future of Filter Technologies
Silk Cocoons, Nasal Cavities, Spider Webs... the Future of Filter Technologies

Life Sciences - Innovation - 24.06.2025
6 FWF-ASTRA Awards and 2 Merit Awards to researchers from the University of Vienna
6 FWF-ASTRA Awards and 2 Merit Awards to researchers from the University of Vienna

Life Sciences - Health - 23.06.2025
Researcher launch brain imaging platform with $2.9M boost from Brain Canada

Life Sciences - Environment - 20.06.2025
Chihuahuas, the last descendants of South American pre-colonial dogs
Chihuahuas, the last descendants of South American pre-colonial dogs
While human fisher-hunter-gatherer populations were present over 14,000 years ago in South America, it was not until the first agrarian civilisations 7,000 years later that traces of the development and dispersal of indigenous dog lineages can be observed on the continent.

Health - Life Sciences - 20.06.2025
Innate immune memory influences the evolution of pathogens
Innate immune memory influences the evolution of pathogens
Study on flour beetles shows that insect-specific "immune priming" affects the evolution of pathogenic bacteria Like all vertebrates, humans have two types of immune memory: the memory of the acquired (adaptive) immune system, which is highly specific to certain pathogens and long-lasting and makes vaccinations possible, and that of the innate immune system - a "trained immunity" - which reacts quickly but less specifically.

Life Sciences - Health - 19.06.2025
Placenta and hormone levels in the womb may have been key driver in human evolution
The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural traits that have made human societies able to thrive and expand, according to a new hypothesis proposed by researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford.

Life Sciences - Health - 19.06.2025
Swiss TPH Officially Hands Over Newly Discovered Parasitic Worm to Natural History Museum Basel
Swiss TPH Officially Hands Over Newly Discovered Parasitic Worm to Natural History Museum Basel
Researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and partners have discovered a new parasitic worm species named Trichuris incognita in Côte d'Ivoire during a Swiss TPH-led clinical trial.

Health - Life Sciences - 17.06.2025
Open Source accelerates tools for small patient groups

Life Sciences - Research Management - 17.06.2025
ERC Advanced Grant for research into how body and brain work together in stressful decisions

Health - Life Sciences - 17.06.2025
Ghent University shines with six prestigious ERC Advanced Grants
Ghent University shines with six prestigious ERC Advanced Grants
( ) Ghent University has once again proven its excellence in research by securing six coveted ERC Advanced Grants.

Life Sciences - Astronomy & Space - 17.06.2025
4 ERC Advanced Grants: 10 Million Euro for ISTA
4 ERC Advanced Grants: 10 Million Euro for ISTA

Life Sciences - Research Management - 17.06.2025
Back in the running with ERC grants
Back in the running with ERC grants

Life Sciences - Campus - 16.06.2025
How gene evolution controls animal diversity
How gene evolution controls animal diversity

Health - Life Sciences - 13.06.2025
Team joins international collaboration to track and monitor infectious diseases
Researchers from Simon Fraser University are joining an international collaboration to improve how infectious diseases are tracked and monitored.

Event - Life Sciences - 12.06.2025
The Fascinating World of Beetles
The Fascinating World of Beetles

Health - Life Sciences - 11.06.2025
New therapeutic strategy designed to help lower cholesterol levels
New therapeutic strategy designed to help lower cholesterol levels
When the amount of cholesterol in the blood is too high, hypercholesterolemia can develop, causing serious damage to the arteries and cardiovascular health. Now, a study led by the University of Barcelona and the University of Oregon presents a new therapeutic tool capable of regulating blood cholesterol levels and thus opening up new perspectives in the fight against atherosclerosis caused by the accumulation of lipid plaques in the artery walls.

Health - Life Sciences - 11.06.2025
The role of empathy in Parkinson's
The role of empathy in Parkinson’s
A new study, designed and conducted by Rosalba Morese, a researcher at the Institute of Communication and Public Policies (ICPP) of USI Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Michele Corengia

Sport - Life Sciences - 11.06.2025
Brain power play: Hockey players show position-specific smarts, says SFU study
As elite athletes push the boundaries of physical performance, Simon Fraser researchers are exploring a new frontier: brain training.

Life Sciences - Innovation - 11.06.2025
Engineering plants and algae into next-generation crops

Health - Life Sciences - 11.06.2025
Unusual build-up of soot-like particles in lung cells of COPD patients
Unusual build-up of soot-like particles in lung cells of COPD patients
Cells taken from the lungs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a larger accumulation of soot-like carbon deposits compared to cells taken from people who smoke but do not have COPD, according to a study led by University of Manchester researchers.

Life Sciences - Health - 10.06.2025
Discovery of two new genetic disorders improves diagnoses for patients with neurodevelopmental conditions
Discovery of two new genetic disorders improves diagnoses for patients with neurodevelopmental conditions
The groundbreaking discoveries come from a study delivered through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and , and The University of Ma

Health - Life Sciences - 10.06.2025
New research from the RVC highlights pandemic risks posed by evolving swine flu viruses in Europe
A new study led by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has revealed significant genetic and antigenic diversity in European swine influenza viruses, raising the critical need for pandemic preparedness and vaccine effectiveness in both animal and human populations. Although swine flu is widespread in pig farming, often affecting an estimated 50% of UK production pigs, human cases remain rare.

Life Sciences - Pharmacology - 09.06.2025
Over 1,000 International Scientists Gather at Largest-Ever MPS World Summit
From June 9 to 13, Brussels will host the MPS World Summit, the largest international conference ever dedicated to microphysiological systems (MPS), better known as "organs-on-a-chip.

Environment - Life Sciences - 06.06.2025
UN-backed global research movement shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation 
UN-backed global research movement shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation 
A team of international scientists has tracked over 100 marine megafauna species, identifying the most critical locations in our global oceans for better marine conservation efforts, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). The global UN-endorsed research project, MegaMove, which involves almost 400 scientists from over 50 countries, shows where protection could be implemented specifically for the conservation of marine megafauna.

Life Sciences - Health - 05.06.2025
Researchers Discuss Cutting-Edge Cell Science at Steel City Condensates Conference

Environment - Life Sciences - 05.06.2025
’Methane emissions from drinking water purification can be reduced by 50%’
It is becoming increasingly difficult to produce sufficient drinking water, and this process also releases large amounts of the harmful greenhouse gas methane.

Life Sciences - 05.06.2025
From That Small Island TV series features Trinity researchers and treasures

Agronomy & Food Science - Life Sciences - 05.06.2025
Fungal Resistance in Wheat: Preserving Biodiversity for Food Security
Fungal Resistance in Wheat: Preserving Biodiversity for Food Security
Wheat production is threatened by a major fungal disease: yellow rust. Researchers at the University of Zurich have found traditional wheat varieties from Asia that harbor several resistance-conferring genes.

Music - Life Sciences - 04.06.2025
Nostalgia's influence on grooving to music
Nostalgia’s influence on grooving to music
Getting one's groove on, A.K.A. busting a move, is an age-old tradition that dates back more than 50,000 years to the time of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon humans, who rhythmically writhed to drumming and even vocalizations.

Life Sciences - Health - 02.06.2025
Analysis: Targeting GLP-1 in the brain could transform obesity care
Analysis: Targeting GLP-1 in the brain could transform obesity care
Writing in Drug Target Review, Professor Stefan Trapp (UCL Biosciences) reveals how GLP-1's dual role in the brain and gut could transform obesity treatment. For decades, researchers have explored how our bodies regulate hunger and satiety. A central player in this system is glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), a hormone originally known for its role in regulating blood sugar.

Agronomy & Food Science - Life Sciences - 02.06.2025
Future-proofing agriculture: scientists look to biotechnology to improve crop resilience and nutritional value
Future-proofing agriculture: scientists look to biotechnology to improve crop resilience and nutritional value
A new project, co-led by Dr Joshua James and Professor Patrick Cai of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with the John Innes Centre and Earlha
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