An evaluation of over 400 samples shows how subjective well-being develops over the course of a lifespan. At what age are people at their happiest? This seemingly simple question has been studied ...

A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease in body fluids. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually diagnosed in its ...

A new method reconstructs carbon dioxide levels and photosynthesis from fossilized tooth enamel. A previously untapped source of data sheds new light on the climate of the early Earth: fossilized ...

Rocks undergo changes over millions of years. Yet it is possible to extract information from them about the climate at the time of their formation. Fluids circulating underground change rocks over the ...

Der bisher an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum beschäftigte Chemiker Dr. Mario Wiesenfeldt erhält einen Starting Grant des European Research Council. Er wechselte zum 1. September 2025 als Juniorprofessor ...

Researchers have created a miniature biocatalyst for hydrogen production. It works efficiently with electrons from photosynthesis. Natural hydrogen-producing enzymes are large and extremely sensitive ...

Geoscientists can reconstruct the climate of the past by analysing dripstones – and they can also draw up prognoses for the future. In the last interglacial period on Earth about 125,000 years ago, ...

FPGA chips are part of many safety-critical applications. They have one particular valuable feature: they are individually reprogrammable – but with this feature also comes a risk. Field Programmable ...

In a hybrid cascade, climate-damaging CO 2 is turned back into valuable methanol. An international research team has shown how this works. In order to recover valuable substances from CO 2, it must be ...

People with ataxia often experience stress-induced motor incoordination. Researchers have now discovered which receptor is responsible for this. Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, ...

So far, geodesign has remained a niche in real-world planning practices. Yet it could make things so much easier. In urban planning, competing interests – such as creating more space for housing while ...

Searching for clues and leads is still something investigators have to do themselves. But if they find creepy-crawlies at the crime scene, these creatures can be of great help. First come the ...