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Visualization of a roof skull in an undated photo. German Natural History Museum discovered 291-million-year-old, previously unknown amphibian species. (Calliesauria, Museum of Natural History Chemnitz 2022/Newsflash)

Ancient Giant-Headed Amphibian That Used Sticky Tongue To Catch Prey Discovered

Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
Post published:August 5, 2022

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of extinct amphibian that used its powerful sticky tongue to catch bugs. The species - named Chemnitzion richteri - used an ambush strategy…

A picture of the smallest battery in the world is smaller than a grain of salt produced by the research team led by TU Chemnitz. (TU Chemnitz, Leibniz IFW Dresden/Newsflash)

Researchers Develop Worlds Smallest Battery Which Is Tinier Than A Grain Of Salt

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:March 4, 2022

What is apparently the world's smallest battery, which is the size of a grain of salt and which can be used to power surgical implants and micro-robots, has been developed…

Nicolas Scheidtweiler, (left) and mountaineer Jost Kobusch, (right) at the peak Purbung in the Himalayas, on 30th November. (@nico.geht.steil/Newsflash)

German Adventurers Are Worlds First Explorers To Scale 6,465 Metre High Himalayan Peak

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 30, 2021

Two German adventurers have become the first people to ever ascend to the top of the 6,465-metre-high Purbung peak in the Himalayas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIwZDAtlUc @nico.geht.steil/Newsflash Nicolas Scheidtweiler, 45, who hails from…