A team of scientists led by Sara Wickström, Principal Investigator at CECAD, the Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases at the University of Cologne, gained new insights into how ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 12, 2016
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Dishonesty not only damages relation between human beings, it can also have a devastating effect on the economy. Scientists from the University of Cologne and the University of Innsbruck in Austria have now found out that ...
Economics & Business
Jun 28, 2016
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Past studies have found that conservatives are happier than liberals. Dr. Olga Stavrova from the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS) and Junior Professor Maike Luhmann from the Psychology Department at the ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2016
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A team of researchers at the University of Cologne has for the first time succeeded in observing the amniotic sac in insects. The red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum), a pest of stored grains around the world, served as ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 1, 2016
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As hide-outs for bacteria, biofilms cause problems for antibiotic treatment or the cleaning of medical tubes. They contribute to the spreading of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. A biofilm is created when bacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 30, 2015
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Personalized advertisements on the Internet not only attract more attention, they also remain in our memory longer than impersonal ads. This is the result of a study conducted by Professor Kai Kaspar from the Psychology Department ...
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2014
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Approximately 40 percent of the earth's surface is covered by drylands in which average annual precipitation is lower than evaporation. The changes projected to unfold in these areas in the course of climate change are alarming. ...
Environment
Nov 19, 2014
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An international team of researchers including Loukas Balafoutas (University of Innsbruck), Nikos Nikiforakis (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Bettina Rockenbach (University of Cologne) has conducted pioneering research on the question ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2014
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A Cologne working group involving Prof. Carsten Münker and Dr. Elis Hoffmann and their student Sebastian Viehmann (working with Prof. Michael Bau from the Jacobs University Bremen) have managed for the first time to determine ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2014
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Bee colonies consist of a queen bee, lots of female worker bees and some male drones. The gene that determines the sex of the bees is much more complex than has been assumed up until now and has developed over the course ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2013
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