When hybrid seeds fail to develop, the reason often lies in the endosperm—a tissue in plant seeds that provides nutrients to the growing embryo, much like the placenta nourishes mammalian embryos.

Music can be uplifting and put you in a good mood, but it can also make you melancholy and sad. But how do these emotions ...

In today's digital age, misinformation spreads rapidly, often with harmful consequences for society. The rise of false and ...

We encounter oaths in various ways in our society: in court in the form of sworn testimony, in medicine (the Hippocratic oath ...

The Max Planck Society leads internationally, securing 12 ERC Synergy Grants with a 39% success rate, involving 15 ...

ICE, IC and EC trains go to Munich central station (Hauptbahnhof). From here take the subway lines "U4" (direction - Arabellapark) or "U5" (direction - Neuperlach Süd) to Odeonsplatz. Once above ...

Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over ...

Roughly one third of patients with depressive symptoms have elevated levels of inflammation. Inflammation is however often ...

Although enzymes are usually known for their specificity, many have the ability to act on multiple substrates, a property that may play a key role in the evolution of enzymes. However, these ...

Doctoral student position for three years (plus one), paid according to German public service pay scale (65% E13 TVÖD Bund). Competent mentoring and additional training events and courses A ...

In mammals, birds and some reptiles, sleep can be divided into two primary states: slow-wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REMS). SWS is characterized by slow brain waves and occurs first ...

Tasks will involve analysis and interpretation of high throughput sequencing data including RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and DNA-seq. Both Illumina short-read and long-read platforms are in use, as are single ...