The ribbon snail specifically adapts its mucus using the same building blocks for crawling, adhesion, and protection.

Verheij syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by the impairment of splicing, a critical process in RNA processing. Using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, researchers at the Max Planck ...

Researchers discover three active supermassive black holes in a distant galaxy, revealing insights into early Universe black hole growth.

Accelerated corrosion: Hydrogen-induced embrittlement in Nickel-base superalloys is twice as severe at elevated temperatures as at ambient temperatures. It is caused by the decomposition of carbides ...

It is now becoming clearer how rain might form in low-lying, warm clouds, particularly cumulus clouds. Using measurements taken with a Helikite, a team from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and ...

New study reveals that visible traces of past tool use can outweigh material properties when primates select tools ...

The content people see on social media is typically determined by an algorithm. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen ...

Neandertals were generally more strongly built than most people living today. Their bones show signs of large muscles, and they had characteristic features such as prominent brow ridges and relatively ...

Researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO), the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany, and the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) ...

The second eROSITA data release reveals 1.9 million pointlike and 64,000 extended X-ray sources, enhancing cosmic population studies.

The ocean is the foundation of life for many people and animals, yet as such, it is also under threat. In this issue, we focus on the importance of sand for the people of Marseille and Mombasa, Kenya, ...