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Mechanisms that prevent Alzheimer's disease: Enzymatic activity plays key role
— 16 Feb 2009 12:56 | HealthIn a project involving the collaboration of several institutes, research scientists of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have succeeded in gaining further insight in the functioning…
How the sensory organs of bacteria function
— 15 Jan 2009 17:20 | BiologyBacteria can occur almost anywhere on earth and exist under the most varying conditions. If these tiny, microscopic organisms are to survive in these environments, they need to be able…
Five years of Mainz technology on Mars
— 15 Jan 2009 17:20 | AstronomyOn 4 January 2004, NASA's rover 'Spirit' landed safely on Mars after a seven-month voyage through space. Three weeks later, its twin 'Opportunity' also touched down unharmed on the…
Physicists at Mainz University generate ultracold neutrons at the TRIGA Reactor
— 29 Dec 2008 13:54 | PhysicsFor the first time ever, scientists at the TRIGA research reactor of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have determined the velocity distribution of ultracold neutrons (UCN) emitted…
Small molecules - large effect: How cancer cells ensure their survival
— 18 Dec 2008 11:54 | HealthA team of researchers headed by Professor Roland Stauber of Mainz University's ENT clinic has identified a molecular mechanism used by cancer cells to 'defend' themselves against chemotherapeutics…
Popular hypothesis concerning the emergence of multiple sclerosis disputed
— 16 Dec 2008 13:28 | HealthDuring an autoimmune disease, the endogenous defence system (the immune system) loses the ability to distinguish between 'self' and 'foreign.' As a consequence, the immune system directs…
European bird species lay more eggs
— 15 Dec 2008 16:24 | BiologyThe world is home to about 9,700 bird species. Some of them lay ten eggs in their nest, while others lay only one. Scientists from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the University…
Mainz mouse model shows blood stem cells in action
— 15 Dec 2008 15:28 | HealthOver a period of five years, scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have managed to create a genetically modified mouse in which the activity of the blood stem cells…
Wind screen on the Rhone glacier in Switzerland creates cold air cushion
— 7 Dec 2008 07:14 | EnvironmentBy constructing a wind screen on the Rhone glacier in Switzerland, cold downwinds, which normally pass unhindered into the valley, can be intercepted and collected, thus creating a…
Quantum simulator to understand the properties of complex electronic materials
— 7 Dec 2008 07:14 | TechnologyThe design of new materials with specific properties is an important but demanding challenge in physics and chemistry. Already in 1982 Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman therefore…
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