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Big brain = more intelligence?
02.10.2020 · German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research

The relationship between brain size and cognitive abilities of different primate species cannot be generalized.

A small piece of Jurassic Park
02.10.2020 · Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

For the first time, genetic material from insects that were embedded in resin samples was successfully extracted. The study clarifies whether DNA embedded in resin can be preserved.

The illuminated museum
01.10.2020 · German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History

The lighting installation FRAME at the Bangert Building of the German Maritime Museum offers a foretaste of the interactive use of the batten luminaires.

Stability check on Antarctica reveals enormous risks
24.09.2020 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

If global warming continues, the ice in Antarctica could irreversibly melt - and thus raise global sea levels by more than six meters.

Together we can do it
24.09.2020 · Leibniz Association

A statement by the presidents of the non-university research organizations on the COVID-19 epidemic

The long arm of the Atlantic
24.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

Researchers have studied the long-range effects of the Atlantic on the Baltic Sea during the last millennium - and have come across astonishing connections.

Refugees in Eastern Germany
23.09.2020 · Berlin Social Science Center

Xenophobia is widespread in more than 200 examined East German communities. However, the arrival of refugees had hardly any influence on these attitudes.

Reefs in danger
23.09.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

94 percent of the world's coral reef habitats must be considered endangered, as a new study shows. Reefs in the Caribbean or the Red Sea are considered particularly threatened.

ZALF researcher honored
23.09.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research

For her work on sustainable land management, Jana Zscheischler receives the "Transformative Science" research award.

Preclinical study on nerve tumors
17.09.2020 · Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut

Researchers identified a compound that inhibits the growth of tumors in the peripheral nervous system and improves nerve function. The group will now conduct a multi-center preclinical study.

Climate migration depends on the context
17.09.2020 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Environmental migration is most pronounced in middle-income and agricultural countries. However, impacts on migration vary by types of environmental hazards.

Convert energy like nature
17.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology

A new approach makes it possible for the first time to store and regenerate light energy independently of the day-night cycle.

Dams threaten biodiversity
15.09.2020 · Leibniz Institut of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

In order to adapt to climate changes, river fish colonize new habitats. But dams restrict their movement - and often do not prevent the spread of invasive species.

Out of balance
15.09.2020 · Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology

Antibiotics impair the interaction between fungi and bacteria in our intestines – and can thus favour fungal infections.

Tree rings exaggerate
14.09.2020 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Scientists deduce historical climatic conditions for the past hundreds of years from the width of the annual growth rings of trees - but the analyzes are flawed, as a new study shows.

Compensation for National Socialist injustice
09.09.2020 · FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure

A new project for the digital indexing of compensation files bundles the information in a thematic portal and makes it available online for research, educational, and other purposes.

Strong fields and ultrafast motions
08.09.2020 · Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

Researchers have succeeded in using an external electric field with frequencies in the range of 1 terahertz to generate and manipulate free electrons in liquid water.

LSB director honored
08.09.2020 · Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich

Veronika Somoza has received the AGFD Fellow Award from the American Chemical Society for her research on food ingredients.

Scaring Nemo
08.09.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

Clownfish often serve as model organisms for behavioural studies. But how do they react to encounters with humans? Not every species is frightened.

Change affects knowledge
07.09.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

With increasing external influences, not only the biological diversity of a region but also the depth and complexity of traditional ecological knowledge of the local population is being lost.