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The Volkswagen car factory in Zwickau specializes in the construction of electric vehicles. (Archive image) / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

VW reaches the two million e-car mark

VW has been focusing on e-cars since 2013 and has reached a round figure in production. New models should help to further accelerate the transition to electromobility.

The flu epidemic in Saxony is flattening out. (Symbolic image) / Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

Flu epidemic in Saxony flattens out

The flu epidemic in Saxony is losing momentum: the number of influenza cases recently fell by 48 percent. Children and the elderly are still particularly affected.

Nele Jensen conducted research at DESY in Hamburg - where Saxon sealing earths meet state-of-the-art X-ray technology. TU Bergakademie Freiberg/A. Hiekel

Ancient healing clay from Saxony under the beam of the particle accelerator

Old Saxon healing clay under a powerful X-ray beam and students from Freiberg are right in the middle of it. Master's students at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg are conducting research together with scientists at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg. They want to find out what is in pressed clay plates from the 18th century - without damaging them.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ines Liebscher from the Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry at Leipzig University has been researching adhesion GPCR molecules for years, which could provide the key to new drugs. © private

Molecules in the body that could help millions

Thousands of molecules are located in our cells and control how the body reacts to stimuli. Some of them are still barely known to researchers, although they are involved in cancer, heart disease and bone loss. Researchers at Leipzig University have now pooled 30 years of knowledge about these molecules in a study. They want to make new drugs possible.