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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.

Alarming results
09.08.2019 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

From 1970 to 2012, global populations of freshwater megafauna declined by 88 percent – twice the loss of vertebrate populations on land or in the ocean.

Safe transport
09.08.2019 · Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

A new process for cancer treatment transforms proteins and antibodies into stable, highly functional drug transporters, with which tumor cells can be detected and killed.

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Indestructible particles
06.08.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

Might bacteria rid the oceans of microplastics? A comprehensive review study bursts all hope.

New director at the DWI
05.08.2019 · DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

Prof. Stefan Hecht is the new Scientific Director of the DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials.

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Childhood overweight
02.08.2019 · WZB Berlin Social Science Center

When mothers and fathers work long hours, their preschool children are more likely to become overweight or obese.

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Sustainable tourism
31.07.2019 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

Wastewater management is a major problem in rapidly developing nature tourism communities along tropical coasts. A new project aims to develop sustainable solutions.

Better quality control
31.07.2019 · Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich

A new methodology for the simultaneous analysis of odorants and tastants could simplify and accelerate the quality control of food in the future.

Immortal Planarians
30.07.2019 · Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute

Starvation has a positive impact on stem cells in Planarians. Researchers now succeeded in decoding the underlying molecular mechanisms.

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Little helpers
29.07.2019 · German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research

If tropical rainforests are destroyed, they will recover very slowly, if at all. A long-term study now reveals the role monkeys play in the regeneration of these important ecosystems.

Animals at risk
24.07.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

Birds are not adapting fast enough to keep up with rapid climate change.

Protein gap
22.07.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology

Recycling of organic waste and unparalleled breeding efficiency: the black soldier fly and its protein-rich larvae could be used for animal feed.

Successful reproduction
22.07.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

Cheetahs in zoos often do not reproduce in the desired manner. Researchers have now found a key to the issue: the age of the mothers at the first pregnancy.

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Pollen in the air
22.07.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

Pollen not only cause allergies, but also have an influence on the climate. Using laser beams researchers now aim to find out more about the properties of these tiny particles.