Artificial Intelligence for Drug Design +++ In the search for new drugs, artificial intelligence in the form of diffusion models is being used in drug design. What exactly does AI do in this context?

When water samples are tested for microbiological contamination today, the process still often begins and ends in a laboratory: collect the sample, transport it, analyze it, and wait for the result.

Wind turbines are typically designed for about 20 years of service, with a maximum of 30 years before replacement. Since the early 2000s, Europe has accumulated several tens of thousands of tons of ...

The IntCDC Spring Conference 2026 marks the official launch of the second funding phase: Building on its successes, the Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Computational Design and Construction for ...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP has received regulatory approval to conduct activities at biosafety level 2. The laboratory complex thus opens up new research and ...

Hendrik Schneider Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V. The EU has set ambitious goals for agriculture and food: fewer pesticides, more organic ...

How much of the essential trace element iron remains available for marine life in the ocean depends critically on the diversity of organic molecules in seawater. This is shown by new research ...

A new study, conducted by researchers from the Netherlands and Germany, estimates that urban agriculture in European cities could produce up to 20 million tons of vegetables annually, representing ...

Artificial light at night not only alters the landscape, but also profoundly disrupts natural ecosystems. A recent study by the RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau shows that light pollution can ...

However, the chargers built into them are hindering progress, as current models are reaching their limits in terms of efficiency, size, and reliability. The EU-funded HiPower 5.0 project aims to ...

The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), with an expected lifespan of up to 400 years, is the longest-living known vertebrate on Earth, making it a unique model for studying vertebrate longevity ...

If our immune system cannot cope with a bacterial infection, antibiotics help. However, more and more bacteria are becoming resistant to treatment. The number of deaths resulting from this worldwide ...