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.

Lasers are an essential tool for materials processing. They can be used to cut, weld and remove material. A special kind of lasers known as femtosecond lasers can be used to create high-precision ...

Die Anwendung wurde an der Ruhr-Universität vorübergehend vom Netz genommen. Am 24. Juli wird SharePoint aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach wieder genutzt werden können.

A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease in body fluids.

Linguistic symptoms and an onset early in life: Disorders to which this applies are frequently associated with left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness.

Exposure therapy for a specific fear can also help reduce other fears. This is the conclusion reached by psychologists at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, who studied 50 people with a fear of spiders ...

In a hybrid cascade, climate-damaging CO2 is turned back into valuable methanol. An international research team has shown how this works.

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have shed light on the structure of supercritical water. In this state, which exists at extreme temperatures and pressures, water has the properties of ...

The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences – experts use the term associative learning – is a crucial skill for adapting to the environment. It has a huge impact on our ...

Nach jahrelanger Vorbereitung hat ein neues Observatorium in Chile seinen Betrieb aufgenommen. Im Juni 2025 wurden die ersten Bilder der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.

For children, navigating the internet has become second nature. E-learning platforms in particular have become an integral part of their lives. Unfortunately, the ads they’re exposed to are not ...

Cats prefer to sleep on their left side. This is the conclusion drawn by an international research team that analyzed several hundred YouTube videos of sleeping cats. The researchers see this bias as ...