Germany is considered a well-established democracy— yet, when compared with other European countries, it defies the simple formula of ‘more democracy, less belief in conspiracy theories’. This is one ...

Launch of the FeedbacQ project: Six European partners aim to tap into a new field of application for quantum computers – using methods from control theory. The project, led by the University of ...

The researchers used tiny droplets of superfluid helium as spherical laboratories. When identical charges repel each other but are confined to the surface of a sphere, they seek the arrangement with ...

We investigated whether spiders actually sleep—and whether, like humans and other animals, they go through different stages of sleep. To do this, we recorded the behavior of the Australian jumping ...

The conceptual paradigm that underlies our work is that of emergent symmetries and their associated spontaneous symmetry breaking.” At the origins of life, proto-cells with similar properties are ...

The Mannheim-based research project TRAPP, which aims to combat child trafficking using artificial intelligence, is one of 100 projects selected from around the world to be presented at the ...

A large-scale survey of 1,604 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions beneficiaries highlights the programme’s positive contribution to research careers, mobility and scientific collaboration. The results also ...

This phenomenon demonstrates the distinction between global and local collective memory—the shared knowledge of the past that shapes group identity—and it is the topic of newly published research from ...

People with public health insurance will likely be able to make their health data from the electronic patient record (ePA) available for research starting in November 2026. To ensure this is done in ...

The consumption of quality journalism and the ability to spot manipulative patterns of argument strengthen resilience to disinformation. By contrast, people who rarely consume news from professional ...

Debnath, P.; Korkuć, P.; Kumar, K.; Bueno, P.C.P.; Jaeger, K.; Abel, C.; Hennig, V.; van Dam, N.M.; Wigge, P.A.; Olas, J.J. (2026) Thermal priming enhances yield after recurrent heat stress and ...

Under planned amendments to the German Renewable Energy Sources Act, biogas plants are expected to supply electricity primarily when wind and solar power generation is low and electricity prices are ...