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Chemistry in motion: Leibniz researcher receives Consolidator Grant
12/10/2020 · Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und KurzzeitspektroskopieJochen Mikosch receives 2.0 million Euro over a funding period of 5 years to perform basic research on time-resolved structural dynamics of chemical reactions.
Protecting cheetahs and calves at the same time
12/09/2020 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife ResearchNew insights into the wild cat's spatial behaviour suggest that moving the breeding herds with young calves out of the hotspots of cheetah activity might reduce livestock losses by more than 80 percent.
Genetic sex marker in sturgeon
12/02/2020 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland FisheriesSturgeon cannot be sexed by any external features, and the species have no differentiated sex chromosomes that can be distinguished. After all, scientists have discovered a molecular marker for sex determination.
Where to put the poultry dung?
11/25/2020 · Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and BioeconomyA new modelling approach provides more robust results on the emission of climate-relevant gases from manure management and, thus, offers decision support for the climate-friendly use of poultry manure.
Loyal couples in the rainforest
11/23/2020 · Deutsches Primatenzentrum - Leibniz-Institut für PrimatenforschungCoppery titi monkeys living in the Amazon lowland rainforest seem to be monogamous. Mate choice is so successful that a potential genetic advantage does not outweigh the social costs of infidelity.