New technologies are needed to combat climate change. Now bioinformatics specialists from Würzburg might have found a way of enabling plants to store more carbon dioxide.

Krankheitserreger können bei Insekten die Evolution sozialer Verhaltensweisen vorantreiben. Das zeigen Forscher aus Bern und Würzburg am Beispiel von Ambrosiakäfern, die zu den Borkenkäfern gehören.

The Faculty of Biology will pay tribute to the extraordinary scientific achievements of Prof. Rino Rappuoli, Siena, by awarding him the degree of an honorary doctorate.

Vaccinia viruses serve as a vaccine against human smallpox and as the basis of new cancer therapies. Two studies now provide fascinating insights into their unusual propagation strategy at the atomic level.