For animals, sleeping on their left side is not about comfort. It is a survival strategy.

Clothes, cars, travel, followers: People with a materialistic mindset always want more and, above all, more than others. Social media provides them with ideal opportunities to compare themselves with ...

Virtual reality (VR) is not only a technology for games and entertainment, but also has potential in science and medicine. Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have now gained new insights ...

Ein entscheidender Faktor für die Realisierung dieses Projekts war die Unterstützung des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft (MKW) durch das Sonderprogramm „Konjunkturpaket“ und den ...

On average, we spend three and a quarter hours a day looking at our phones. Cutting back this time by one hour a day is not only good for our mental health, but also helps us to feel happier and more ...

The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences – experts use the term associative learning – is a crucial skill for adapting to the environment. It has a huge impact on our ...

Natural hydrogen-producing enzymes are large and extremely sensitive to oxygen. This makes it difficult to use them for the applied production of green hydrogen. Researchers from the ...

Under certain conditions, some algae are able to produce hydrogen – a much sought-after green energy source. Its production takes place in the unique catalytic center of the unicellular algae and is ...

Hallmark of Parkinson’s disease are Lewy bodies in the brain consisting of misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins. These misfolded proteins can be measured by the iRS (immuno infrared sensor) technology ...

Receiving a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) is one of the most prestigious awards in the European scientific community. Three researchers from Bochum have been successful with their ...

The fact that left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness are strikingly common in patients with certain neurological disorders such as autism spectrum disorders is a frequently reported observation in ...

What does a tanker care if barnacles colonize it? Well, given the gigantic dimensions of such ships, you would think: nothing at all. “However, the colonization of ship surfaces by marine organisms is ...