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The brains of blind people reorganize differently than previously thought

The brains of blind people reorganize differently than previously thought ...
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Aridity and drought in Germany

Questions and answers on aridity and droughts in Germany. Evaporation has increased as a result of climate change, while ...
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Rice University and the Max Planck Society establish a partnership on quantum materials

Rice University and the Max Planck Society officially launched the Quantum Materials - Rice and Max Planck Partnership (Q-RaMP) June 19, aimed at supporting the identification and development of ...
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New genomic study uncovers family ties linking Scythian elite burials across the Eurasian steppe

A new ancient DNA study provides evidence that political power among Scythian elites may have been inherited through family lineages that extended across multiple burial sites. By combining ...
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A nearby black hole as a window into the early universe

Galaxy of enduring brightness: An international team led by Stefanie Komossa of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy studied a galaxy that has been shining exceptionally brightly in radio ...
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Inhibiting a stress protein prevents the consequences of childhood trauma

The study, co-led by Mathias Schmidt from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich and Juan Pablo Lopez from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, focused on the FKBP5 gene and its encoded protein, ...
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Proxima Fusion raises 411 million euros

With the successful completion of a record-breaking financing round totaling 411 million euros, Proxima Fusion has reached a ...
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The far side of the Milky Way

Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, using the Very Long Baseline Array, have directly measured a ...