Everyone knows that fiber is healthy and an important part of our daily diet. But what is fiber and why is it healthy? Fiber is cellulose, the stringy…
Iron is a micronutrient for plants. Biologists from the Institute of Botany at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) describe in a study, which…
To ensure that plants flower at the right time of year, they possess an internal clock, which enables them to measure the amount of daylight during a…
The simplest possible molecule H2+ was one of the very first molecules to form in the cosmos. This makes it significant for astrophysics, but also an…
A healthy liver is capable of completely regenerating itself. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), University Hospital…
The so-called Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (for short: RYMV) is responsible for high crop losses in Africa, particularly among small-scale farmers. A…
Vaccine development aims at protecting as many people as possible from infections. Short protein fragments of pathogens, so-called epitopes, are seen…
The BioSC network, in which Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) is a member, serves as a platform for inter- and transdisciplinary exchange and…
The microbiome (the symbiotic community of microbial organisms of a host) is of existential importance for the functioning of every plant and animal,…
Photosynthesis is one of the most important metabolic processes in nature: It is critical for plant growth and thus for the production of plant-based…