![](https://www.h-its.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/desert-drought-dehydrated-clay-soil-60013-420x242.jpeg)
Better Weather Forecasts for Africa: Development Assistance 2.0
Precipitation forecasts are very useful for agricultural areas such as the Sahel. However, while there are reliable models and measurements for …
![](https://www.h-its.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PM_Website_Pic1-420x242.jpg)
How black holes shape the cosmos
Astrophysicists from Heidelberg, Garching, and the USA gained new insights into the formation and evolution of galaxies. They calculated how black …
![The Mexican axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum (Copyright: IMP)](https://www.h-its.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017_Axolotl_IMP-420x242.jpg)
The largest genome ever: Decoding the Axolotl
A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information of the Mexican …
![](https://www.h-its.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/reg_series-420x242.jpg)
A new genome for regeneration research
The planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea is an extraordinary animal. Even when cut into tiny pieces, each piece can regenerate back into …
![](https://www.h-its.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Comparison_N-HSP90-420x242.png)
A matter of mobility: multidisciplinary paper suggests new strategy for drug discovery
A joint industry/academia study of a cancer target protein reveals unusual relation between binding site flexibility and drug-target lifetime. The …
![](https://www.h-its.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CALIFA_Screen-420x242.jpg)
Library of galaxy histories reconstructed from motions of stars
The CALIFA survey allows to map the orbits of the stars of a sample of 300 galaxies, a fundamental information to know …