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Women generally find jokes less funny than men. But that is only one result of the research project that has now been presented. (Photo: Zoran Mladenovic / Colourbox.de)

How do men react to jokes that make fun of them? Researchers at the Universities of Würzburg and Kaiserslautern-Landau investigated this question. The result surprised them too.

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Horned mason bees like to use nest boxes to raise their brood.

How do solitary bees and wasps recognize their homes? Biologists Dr. Sylvie Vandenabeele and Professor Thomas Schmitt investigated this question. They were able to demonstrate the importance of olfactory markers.

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Hospitals where you can get an appointment quickly; a functioning judicial system; a refuse collection service that comes regularly: all this makes for a well-functioning state.

Theresa Paola Stawski, a political scientist from Würzburg, has investigated how well the states of the world function. Germany just made it into the top ten.

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A young man wears an amulet with a magical text on a necklace in this mummy portrait from Imperial Egypt (150-200 AD). Photo: Getty Museum, Malibu.

Magical texts of the Ancient Near East, Egypt and neighbouring regions are the focus of a new research group at the University of Würzburg. The DFG is providing around 3.5 million euros for the first phase.

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Caught in the photo trap. Griffon vultures are rather unusual guests in Germany. These impressive birds inhabit more southerly climes in Europe.

In cooperation with several German national parks, researchers from the University of Würzburg are investigating the role of carrion in our ecosystems. In the Eifel National Park, unusual guests recently testified to the success of the project.

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The logo of the EU project "Remote XUAR", designed in the shape of an eye, wants to say that researchers keep an eye on the situation of the Uyghurs even from a distance.

The situation of the Uyghur population in the Chinese region of Xinjiang has been largely unclear since 2017. Researchers are now seeking an approach using remote ethnography methods as part of an EU project.

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Analysis of RNA sequencing data of immune cells (monocytes) from 215 healthy individuals. Each dot represents the transcriptional response of an individual in unstimulated monocytes (Ctrl) and after exposure to different pathogens (fungus: Aspergillus fumigatus (Af); bacteria: Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) and Staphylococcus aureus (Sa), respectively) for three and six hours. The colours indicate the stimulus and the time.

How do our genes determine the immune response to pathogens? This depends on small differences in the genome. The situation is complex, as a new study shows.

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The Würzburg cancer researcher Dr. Markus Diefenbacher.

Great recognition for translational cancer researcher Dr. Markus Diefenbacher: He was nominated as Associated Editor of the journal Oncogene.

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Indene – a topological insulator. The left side shows a measurement of the density of states by scanning tunneling spectroscopy and the right side a schematic representation of the charge distribution in the triangular lattice.

The Collaborative Research Centre ToCoTronics in condensed matter physics will be extended for four more years. The German Research Foundation is funding it with 12 million euros.

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A carnivorous leaf of Triphyophyllum peltatum with glands excreting a sticky liquid to capture insect prey.

Under certain circumstances, a rare tropical plant develops into a carnivore. A research team from the universities of Hannover and Würzburg has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for this.

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Infections with Candida auris are difficult to treat and potentially life-threatening. The picture shows yeast cells of C. auris on the left and a fluconazole-resistant C. auris strain on the right.

The number of infections with the fungus Candida auris is also increasing in Germany. This is shown in a new study by research teams from Würzburg, Jena and Berlin. Despite low numbers, scientists advise precautionary measures.

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Mixed forest on a slope with withered conifers.

Increasing heat and drought are changing forests faster than expected. Researchers at the University of Würzburg want to keep a better eye on these dynamics. They have raised 1.2 million euros for their project.

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