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

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

Vitamin B12 corrects developmental delays associated with Verheij syndrome in a worm model and offers new therapeutic ...

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

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 ...

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

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 scientists at the Max Planck Society are committed to keeping the number of animal experiments as well as the strain on the animals as low as possible in the individual experiments. They apply the ...

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, ...

Darmloser Wurm: Der winzige Meereswurm Olavius algarvensis besitzt keinen Darm und keine Ausscheidungsorgane, lebt von Bakterien unter seiner Haut und nutzt Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) als ...