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30.06.2025

Mothers are more likely to smoke later in life if they take longer parental leave

Data from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and The Netherlands

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Online art viewing can improve well-being

Effects are similar to those of visits to physical art galleries or even nature experiences

08.07.2022 | [weiter]

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"Hot" graphene reveals migration of carbon atoms

New study published in the scientific journal "Carbon"

24.06.2022 | [weiter]

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Chemical pollution threatens biodiversity

Scientists say more environmental pollutants should be considered in species protection

17.06.2022 | [weiter]

Parasitic worms reveal new insights into the evolution of sex and sex chromosomes

Two unrelated worm phyla give clues on how sex chromosomes might have evolved

15.06.2022 | [weiter]

Archaeological Science as Game-Changer: What ancient genes tell us about who we are

Research at the University of Vienna could solve mystery of human evolution

02.06.2022 | [weiter]

Rendezvous at night – how moonlight fine-tunes animal reproduction

The study provides an explanation for the phenomenon that daily clocks from flies to humans can exhibit plastic run-times

01.06.2022 | [weiter]

Too much self-confidence can endanger health

Especially older people often overestimate their health

31.05.2022 | [weiter]