An international research team led by the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna has made an extraordinary discovery: fossilised lime blossoms and fossilised bumble bees were found in 24-million-year-old sediments at the Enspel Fossil-Lagerstätte (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) – along with evidence of their interaction in theContinuar Leyendo
In our nearby stellar neighbourhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could identify that this meal is taking place. Paris, Sept 19, 2025.-The stellar remnant is a white dwarf about half the massContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Sept 11, 2025.- Una muestra recolectada por el rover Perseverance, el vehículo explorador de la NASA en Marte, en el antiguo lecho de un río seco en el cráter Jezero podría conservar evidencia de vida microbiana antigua. Tomada el año pasado de una roca llamada Cheyava Falls, la muestra,Continuar Leyendo
Lipid metabolism and cell membrane function can be disrupted in the neurons of people who carry rare variants of ABCA7. Cambrigde, Sept 10, 2025.- A new study from MIT neuroscientists reveals how rare variants of a gene called ABCA7 may contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s in some of theContinuar Leyendo
Catalysts are indispensable for the large-scale production of many chemicals, as they accelerate chemical reactions. Some of them contain metal atoms such as iron as key building blocks. The electrons of each individual iron atom possess a tiny magnetic moment, the so-called spin. When several iron atoms meet in aContinuar Leyendo
Astronomers have detected an explosion of gamma rays that repeated several times over the course of a day, an event unlike anything ever witnessed before. The source of the powerful radiation was discovered to be outside our galaxy, its location pinpointed by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).Continuar Leyendo
Bern, Sept 08, 2025.- The University of Bern is participating in the international NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe mission (IMAP), which is due to be launched no earlier than 23 September 2025. IMAP is dedicated to exploring the outer limits of the heliosphere, the protective bubble of solar windContinuar Leyendo
Bern, Sept 05, 2025.- Three outstanding research projects: of a total of 3,928 project proposals submitted to this year’s call for Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), three projects from Bern will receive funding. The total funding amount for the Bernese researchers is around 5,1 million Swiss francs.Continuar Leyendo
Immune cells released from bone marrow in the skull in response to chronic stress and adversity could play a key role in symptoms of depression and anxiety, say researchers. Cambrigde, Sept 05, 2025.- The discovery – found in a study in mice – sheds light on the role that inflammation canContinuar Leyendo
Natural hydrogen from deep underground could be an important building block for the sustainable energy system of the future, but it is currently still difficult to predict where and at what depth elevated concentrations are located. New study results from the Department of Geology at the University of Vienna couldContinuar Leyendo
