Scientific highlights 2020

A segment of DNA that causes their carriers to have an up to three times higher risk of developing severe Covid-19 is inherited from Neandertals more

New findings on Sars-CoV-2 protein shed light on virus’ ability to infect cells more

People do not reach the same age everywhere in Germany. Roland Rau calculated the average life expectancy for men and women in all 402 German counties. He discovered that the numbers varied by more than five years and attributed that difference to poverty more

A composite material with metal layers of varying hardness can be produced through clever temperature variation more

The eROSITA telescope has provided a new, sharp view of hot and energetic processes across the Universe more

Newly sequenced genomes from prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the region of Lake Baikal reveal connections with First Americans and across Eurasia more

A Göttingen team analyzes the progression of the epidemic in Germany more

Researchers develop an artificial chloroplast more

Measuring tiny differences in mass between different quantum states provides new insights into heavy atoms more

Early evolutionary origin of the human language pathway discovered more

The star S2 orbits the supermassive black hole on a rosette-shaped orbit and confirms Einstein's theory more

The face of a mouse reveals its emotions more

Researchers develop more specific CRISPR-Cas9 gene scissors more