What is beauty?

Beauty is dependent from the ideal and social environment. You can say, what beautiful is, but you can difficultly answer the question, why it is. Beautiful is something that leaves a good impression and that you like to recall.

Researchers of the University of Regenburg wanted to explore the question, what beauty is and why we sense something as beautiful. Today we are flooded with beautiful faces via internet or other media. [...]

Bacteria against bacteria

When infection often antibiotic is used. The bacteria killer is not only used in acute emergencies, but also for hamless diseases. This promote the bacterial resistance against antibiotics. For this reason more effective antibiotics have to be developed. Researchers discovered now that the production of antibiotics could be easier then exspected.

When infectious diseases triggered by bacteria usually antibiotics are used to cambat the bacterial infection or infection by protozoa. Antibiotics are low metabolicproducts created by fungi or bacteria, to inhibit or even kill other micro-organisms. Penicilin is the best-known antibiotic, [...]

New hope in the fight against hair loss?

Hair loss can have various causes. It can occur because of a genetic defect, by bad diet or too much stress. In the last two cases a usually balanced diet and a more calm day could help. For the first case there were far fever opportunities. [...]

Controlling the computer with thoughts

Whether there are people who can read the mind of others is questionable. That it is technically possible, to control machines with thoughts some researchers and companies could show. They use a device called EEG which is frequently encountered in medicine. [...]

Noah's ark of modern times

On the polar islond of Spitzbergen not far from the North Pole there will be stored a variety of plant seeds in a mountain. The storage facilities located in 130 meters high are surrounded by eternal frost. Thus the seeds are saved against climate change, disasters or extinction to be cultivated again if necessary. Some countries delivered symbolically some samples of seeds to the refrigerator of Spitzbergen. [...]

Effective Learning

Especially for students learning belongs to the daily routine. But too much learning can also be harmful and can have the opposite effect. The urge to learning and therefor the repeating of learned content again and again is, according to a study by the University of California at San Diego unhelpful. In short term it may apply but after a few weeks the learned is forgotten. [...]

Climate change affects health and welfare

The climate change do not have only imapct on weather or nature. People are also affected directly. So diseases and death will appear increasingly and more frequent. [...]

Mobile phones affect motorists and pedestrians

That mobile phones distract drivers and lead therefore to more accidents is well known. But also pedestrians are affected negative. [...]

Flu season - vaccination recommended

Every year between December and April is flu season. Thousands of people are infected with influenza, a virus triggered infectious disease, transmitted by droplets or contact infection. Even health people can be infected by influenza which damages the mucous membranes and weakens the immune system. This makes the body vulnerable to fatal complications. An influenza infection is not harmless. [...]

Safe driving

In the past there were innovations such as airbags, safety belt, better materials or a more stable body that made cars more safe. Today computer systems assist the driver to drive more comfortable and safe. [...]