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Scientists have developed a mathematical model to explore cellular processes: with the corresponding software, they are able to simulate how collections of cells behave on given geometrical structuresIf mothers smoke during pregnancy, they influence the epigenetic pro­gramming of their unborn child’s genetic make-up in the long term. This may increase the risk of the child developing lung diseases later.Planets of the “super-Earth” category lose their atmosphere through too great proximity to their star. That is the result of an international research project coordinated by astronomer Dr. Mia LundkvistFour humanities subjects at Heidelberg University are among the leading disciplines represented in the recently published QS World University Rankings by SubjectHeidelberg-designed dust detector on the Cassini space probe has identified extremely rare particles of interstellar dust from outside our solar system and examined their chemical compositionLight can be used to control the transport of proteins from the cell nucleus with the aid of a genetically modified plant protein. Biologists working in the field of optogenetics have now developed such a tool.