Magnetic fields exist in many stars, including the Sun. Yet they remain too poorly understood to be reliably included in ...

The only known supernova remnant of its kind in the Milky Way has an unexpectedly intricate structure: chains of gas knots resembling pearls on a string, each wide enough to fit the solar system ...

How do bacteria adapt when resources run low? ISTA researchers have found that, under starvation stress, E. coli can use bacteriophages and CRISPR-Cas immunity to transfer and incorporate DNA, ...

In 2024, malignant tumors caused more than 21,300 deaths in Austria, 4.7 percent more than in 2014. Faced with a similarly pressing global challenge, scientists are striving to better understand what ...

Cell migration and proliferation as well as communication and trafficking, all depend on the fine-tuned and continuous remodeling of actin filaments, which are nucleated and elongated by addition of ...

For almost 15 years, researchers have been creating three-dimensional biological microstructures known as organoids—from heart and gut models to brain models. These allow for the study of specific ...

Little red dots have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in JWST data from the Universe’s deep past. Their ‘powering engines’ might resemble a newly discovered phenomenon dubbed a “black hole ...

The cerebral cortex is densely packed with different nerve cells that enable us to perceive, think and act. Yet how these cell types arise while the brain develops is still not fully understood. Irene ...

During ketamine anesthesia, the brain’s nerve cells fall silent—as consciousness returns, they begin to reconnect. For the first time, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria ...

Driving an electric current through a molecule can create a magnetic field. Yet in practice, such fields are often too weak to be detected experimentally. Through theoretical modeling, researchers at ...