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Underestimated hazard
07.10.2019 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Pollution by fungicides can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences for the functioning of aquatic systems – like effects on algal blooms.

Digital Currencies
01.10.2019 · ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Around 88 per cent of the questioned financial market experts believe that the use of digital currencies poses a threat to financial stability.

Redefining cattle breeding
25.09.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology

Within the cattle farming industry, there are tensions between world nutrition, animal welfare and environmental consequences. A major international research project will generate key information needed for basic research.

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Spectacular view
25.09.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

A telescope has been surveying the Large Magellanic Cloud in unprecedented detail for the last decade. The result is a remarkable new image of one of our nearest galactic neighbors.

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Amrita Narlikar reappointed
19.09.2019 · GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies

The Board of Trustees of the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies has reappointed the Institute’s President for another five years.

Effects of privatisation
19.09.2019 · Halle Institute for Economic Research

Award-winning US economist Ufuk Akcigit begins a large-scale research project at the Leibniz-IWH.

Grow or defend yourself
18.09.2019 · Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research

Plants experience a trade-off between growth and defence, being unable to do both simultaneously. Recent findings are offering new insight.

Survival of herbivores
18.09.2019 · Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

The increasing spread of forests and humans led to the extinction of the aurochs. A study examines the effects of environmental changes in the Holocene on megaherbivores.

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Micro robots in surgery
18.09.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden

Visional minimal invasive microsurgery - with the first-time real-time tracking of mobile micro-objects deep in the tissue, a decisive step has been taken.

Powerful components
16.09.2019 · Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik

A breakthrough with transistors based on gallium oxide enables energy-efficient power electronics – components that are indispensable for our future.

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Non-transferred aid
16.09.2019 · Kiel Institute for the World Economy

A study illustrates that a susbstantial share of development aid is spent within the donor countries’ own borders and is not tackling the root causes of migration.

Academia Europaea
11.09.2019 · Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

Prof. Volker Haucke, Director at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), has been elected to the renowned scientific academy.

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Separated signals
11.09.2019 · German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research

The brain’s specialized color and motion circuits use different frequencies to broadcast their output to areas that combine the various visual feature components into a unified percept.

Cool lizards
11.09.2019 · Museum für Naturkunde

Since lizards are cold-blooded animals, they depend on warmth and solar radiation to attain the temperatures they like. Will they benefit from global warming?

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Early indications
11.09.2019 · Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology

A new eye scan provides detailed information on the condition of the retinal tissue and thus detects eye diseases sooner.

Hot Jupiters
04.09.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

For the first time, reseachers detected the chemical element potassium at high resolution in the atmosphere of an exoplanet.

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Single event or epidemic?
02.09.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

A study shows how mating behaviour and movement patterns influence the dynamics of animal diseases.

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Last chance
26.08.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

A team of veterinarians successfully harvested eggs from the last northern white rhinos in an attempt to save them from extinction.

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Similarities bind
16.08.2019 · German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research

Behavioral scientists have observed that the more similar male Assamese macaques are in their personality, the stronger their social bonds.

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Sophisticated system
14.08.2019 · Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

A research team has now identified the molecular components of a previously unknown ion channel. It may play a role in the development of heart attacks.