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14.03.2011 Algae in darkness – Survival strategy unraveled

Mar 14, 2011

The world’s oceans teem with unicellular algae that carry out photosynthesis in the sunlight. It has been known for some time that the particularly abundant diatoms (unicellular algae with a silicate frustule) are also able to survive in the dark bottom of the ocean, where neither photosynthesis ...
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02.03.2009 The Marine Nitrogen Cycle - Revisited

Predicting the ocean’s role for global climate requires a profound understanding of the cycling of matter in the sea.
Regarding nitrogen losses, scientists were apparently off the mark. A novel study reveals the complex interactions in the nitrogen cycle of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific oxge...
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12.11.2009 Hidden Treasures

Hidden treasures in subterranean sulfidic springs

Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the Pennsylvania State University explore microorganisms in subterranean sulfidic springs of the largest limestone cave system in Italy, le Grotte di Frasassi.
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25.01.2010 Quantum Physics

On Thursday, 28 January 2010 at 16:00 the Nobel laureate
Prof. Dr. Gerardus ´t Hooft will give a lecture with the title
„The unique beauty of the subatomic landscape“
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