https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new study by Mannheim Business Administration professor Hartmut Höhle examines the reactions of actual victims of the Cambridge Analytica scandal on Facebook over a longer period. Its key finding is that, despite being affected by data fraud, users remain on the platform. https://phys.org/news/2026-06-facebook-users-affected-breaches-react.html Social Sciences Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:06 EDT news700133208 The wooly mammoth from Taimering (Bavaria, Germany), discovered in 2020, was buried in a former Ice Age pond after its death. Pollen findings and radiocarbon dating confirm that the mammoth lived and died during the harsh conditions of the Last Glacial Maximum. Cut marks on several ribs suggest that Paleolithic humans tampered with the carcass. An interdisciplinary research team initiated by SNSB paleontologist Gertrud Rößner and FAU geographer Christoph Mayr is now presenting the results of its scientific investigations in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, published in two parts. https://phys.org/news/2026-06-taimering-mammoth-butchered-hunters.html Paleontology & Fossils Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:00:02 EDT news699695882 From a social sciences perspective, people with radical, extremist, or fundamentalist attitudes are similar in some respects: In most cases, they are younger and less educated men who feel that they are not taken seriously enough. This is one of the key findings of a research team led by professor Marc Helbling, sociologist at the University of Mannheim focusing on Migration and Integration and Executive Board member of the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES). https://phys.org/news/2026-01-radicalism-extremism-fundamentalism-international-numerous.html Social Sciences Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:20:01 EST news688230905 This week, researchers identified signaling pathways underpinning drug resistance in pancreatic cancer, a normally lethal diagnosis. A physicist proposed that conscious states in the brain may arise from the brain's ability to resonate with the quantum vacuum that permeates space. And in a ranking of species monogamy, humans came in between meerkats and beavers. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-saturday-citations-nice-people-happier.html Other Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:00:01 EST news684763110 Migrants in Europe stand by the basic values of democracy, according to a new study conducted by a research team led by Professor Marc Helbling, sociologist at the University of Mannheim focusing on Migration and Integration and Executive Board member of the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES). https://phys.org/news/2025-11-immigrants-democratic-basic-values-international.html Social Sciences Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:20:01 EST news681732958 Hippos, today restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, survived in central Europe far longer than previously assumed. Analyses of bone finds demonstrate that hippos inhabited the Upper Rhine Graben sometime between approximately 47,000 and 31,000 years ago, well into the last ice age. An international research team led by the University of Potsdam and the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim with the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie have now published a study on this in the journal Current Biology. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-hippos-survived-europe-ice-age.html Plants & Animals Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:35:04 EDT news679314902 In the Bronze Age, the so-called Nuraghe culture flourished in Sardinia. A culture that is known for tower-like stone constructions, nuraghers, and for the small bronze figures, bronzetti, which often depict warriors, gods and animals. These figures have fascinated scientists, but their exact metallic origins have been unknown. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-metals-reveal-bronze-age-previously.html Archaeology Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:20:01 EDT news676804638 Until now, the early phase of drug discovery for the development of new therapeutics has been both cost- and time-intensive. Researchers at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) have now developed a platform on which extremely miniaturized nanodroplets with a volume of only 200 nanoliters per droplet—comparable to a grain of sand—and containing only 300 cells per test can be arranged. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-nanodroplets-medicine-1.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:31:11 EDT news674983864 Until now, the early phase of drug discovery for the development of new therapeutics has been both cost- and time-intensive. Researchers at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) have now developed a platform on which extremely miniaturized nanodroplets with a volume of only 200 nanoliters per droplet—comparable to a grain of sand—and containing only 300 cells per test can be arranged. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-nanodroplets-medicine.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:31:07 EDT news674983861 A new study by researchers at the University of Mannheim demonstrates how cultures evaluate attractiveness differently and the influence this evaluation can have on social success. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-beauty-advantage.html Social Sciences Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:25:04 EDT news668345102 Anyone wondering why "the same type of person" often works in certain occupations now has a sound scientific answer: A new study by the University of Mannheim shows that personality and career choice are closely linked—a relationship that becomes more prominent over time. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-occupations-personality-vice-versa.html Social Sciences Tue, 27 May 2025 16:40:03 EDT news667582801 A new study posted to the SSRN preprint server by researchers from the University of Mannheim and the University of Essex shows that male and female fund managers invest in different sectors—influenced by their own consumption preferences. This has a significant effect on fund performance. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-investment-behaviors-characterized-masculinity-negatively.html Social Sciences Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:07:03 EDT news662911622 Female entrepreneurs in the technology industry face unique challenges, as the field continues to be male-dominated. A recent study published in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal found that female founders do, in fact, face gender biases during recruitment, with job candidates perceiving them as less competent, agentic, and warm. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-job-seekers-female-tech-entrepreneurs.html Economics & Business Thu, 06 Mar 2025 17:08:06 EST news660503282 Years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the right to freedom of expression remains less important to Germans who lived in the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) than to their West German counterparts. These are the findings of a study by economists from the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) in Regensburg and the University of Groningen. https://phys.org/news/2024-10-echoes-communism-germans-gdr-free.html Political science Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:28:04 EDT news647004482 According to the Mannheim-based social researchers Marc Helbling and Richard Traunmüller, there is more tolerance towards Muslims in our society than we sometimes realize. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-tolerance-muslims-conflicts-everyday-life.html Social Sciences Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:43:03 EDT news636730981 Financial decision-making for Black individuals can be dealt a major blow by race-based police violence, new research suggests, offering insight into the far-reaching effects of police brutality. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-based-police-violence-impacts-wealth.html Social Sciences Wed, 22 May 2024 03:24:35 EDT news635567071 Researchers from University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, and University of Mannheim have published a new Journal of Marketing article that investigates the consequences of the financial valuation and external reporting of marketing assets. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-asset-accountability-full-assets.html Economics & Business Tue, 21 May 2024 16:00:01 EDT news635524660 The income of many people around the world has considerably increased due to the economic globalization of the last 50 years. However, these income gains are unevenly distributed. A study by Dr. Valentin Lang, junior professor of political economy at the University of Mannheim, and his co-author Marina M. Tavares of the International Monetary Fund shows that the top 10% of the national income distributions, in particular, have benefited from this development. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-main-beneficiaries-globalization.html Economics & Business Wed, 08 May 2024 15:21:03 EDT news634400461 A multidisciplinary research team led by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has combined ancient DNA data with a clear archaeological, anthropological and historical context to reconstruct the social dynamics of Avar-period steppe descent populations that settled in Europe's Carpathian Basin in the 6th century. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-ancient-dna-historical-context.html Archaeology Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:00:01 EDT news633167100 Researchers from Reichman University and Columbia University, University of Basel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and University of Mannheim have published a new article that examines why individuals and firms aiming to build a large follower base might be better off focusing on their own follower base rather than cherry-picking remote influencers. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-secret-large-base-social-media.html Economics & Business Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:50:03 EDT news630078601 Often, the dominant society develops negative attitudes towards immigrants and their descendants because their integration is too successful—and not because they are unwilling to integrate. This is the finding of a new study conducted by researchers of the University of Mannheim and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-social-immigrants-politicians-german.html Social Sciences Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:15:03 EDT news629558101 Researchers from University of Mannheim, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Reichman University, and University of Basel published a new study that examines the effectiveness of paid influencer endorsements, particularly for DTC firms. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-buck-focus-smaller.html Economics & Business Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:42:03 EST news627741721 For big multinationals that love tax havens, the start of 2024 was not a cause for celebration. On Jan. 1, the European Union, Japan, Canada, and Australia joined other jurisdictions in requiring their largest companies to pay a tax rate of at least 15% on their worldwide profits. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-tax-laws.html Economics & Business Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:22:05 EST news626970122 Migration is an increasingly dominating topic in politics and is discussed with increasing vehemence among the German population. Those in favor of migration say that the lack of skilled workers and shortage of staff will become worse without immigration. Those who oppose migration fear that an increasing number of immigrants will exceed the reception capacities of the country. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-pathways-compromise-migration-policy.html Social Sciences Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:11:03 EST news624291061 What are the chances of going to and completing primary school for children in sub-Saharan countries? A current study by Professor Dr. Ilze Plavgo, Professor of Sociology at the University of Mannheim, shows that educational attainment in these countries is characterized by low social mobility. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-rocky-road-equality-sub-saharan-africa.html Social Sciences Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:11:42 EST news621699099 Although they were not recognized as agents of disease until the late 19th century, the detrimental effects of bacterial infections have been known to humans for thousands of years. Some have even become mythical—for example, during the American Civil War (1861–1865), flesh wounds that "glowed" in the dark were thought to have a lower infection risk and a better chance of healing. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-bacteria-wound.html Cell & Microbiology Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:31:05 EDT news617365861 Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, and in the Bronze Age it was used to make a range of goods including swords, helmets, bracelets, plates and pitchers. https://phys.org/news/2023-09-refutes-involving-bronze-age-tin.html Archaeology Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:18:03 EDT news614852281 The quality of recovery a person experiences on a given evening after work may impact their mood when they start their job again the next day, according to new research published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. https://phys.org/news/2023-06-evening-recovery-affect-person-mood.html Social Sciences Wed, 07 Jun 2023 03:54:33 EDT news605328867 A new study from Umeå University suggests that a relatively generous and egalitarian welfare state, like the Swedish one, can protect families against the effects of negative economic shocks. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-swedish-infants-affected-parental-unemployment.html Social Sciences Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:48:54 EDT news601213730 The gold in objects from Troy, Poliochni (a settlement on the island of Lemnos which lies roughly 60 kilometers away from Troy), and Ur in Mesopotamia have the same geographic origin and were traded over great distances. https://phys.org/news/2022-11-gold-troy-poliochni-ur.html Archaeology Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:56:55 EST news589039012