Philipp Brand receives an ERC Starting Grant Microbial symbionts are widespread across the animal kingdom and can...
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Wilhelm Wundt Medal 2026 awarded to Ralph Hertwig
Highest DGPs honor for research on human decision-making The German Psychological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
Metalheads Can Endure Pain Longer Thanks to the Festival...
True to the motto “Faster, harder, louder,” some 80,000 metal fans celebrate their music and bands at the Wacken Open Air...
“Notes and Neurons” Brings Music and Brain Research to the Stage
A Concert Tour During the “Medicine of the Future” Science Year Starting this summer, the concert series “Notes and...
The smell of fatty foods during pregnancy promotes obesity in...
The brains of the offspring show similarities to those of obese adult mice In a nutshell: Greasy smell: The smell of fatty...
What makes a fly feel sleepy – and how does the brain know when...
Sleep is essential across species, from flies to humans. While its function is not yet fully understood, sleep plays a...
What drives our cravings for food and drink?
New research shines light on how the brain interprets nutritional and hydration needs and turns them into action. To...
Mind Over Microbiome: How Mental States Impact Gut Health
New research reveals brain-gut circuit regulating immunity through microbiome modulation. The brain and the gut are in...
Neural circuits for survival instincts
Vanessa Stempel receives an ERC Starting Grant to investigate brain circuits supporting instinctive behaviors ...
From dawdling to doing: the science of procrastination
Understanding why we delay tasks may help reclaim productivity Procrastination, the deliberate but detrimental deferring...