Leibniz Association: News

Night sky with stars, overlaid with a colour spectrum

First light!
10/22/2025 · Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam

After 15 years of preparation, the 4MOST spectroscope starts its work – a new era of sky surveys begins.

Tuberculosis: Call for a Europe-wide agenda
10/17/2025 · Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center

A new study warns of the dawn of an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic in Europe.

How synapses are formed
10/10/2025 · Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

FMP Director Volker Haucke receives the prestigious Reinhart Koselleck Grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for his interdisciplinary research project on synapse formation.

The award winners during the award ceremony

Award-winning lung model
10/09/2025 · Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute

A new lung model could dramatically reduce animal testing in infection research. The Leibniz-HKI has now been honored with the Thuringian Animal Welfare Award for this development.

daLUXendins can be visualized using fluorescence microscopy to pinpoint GLP1R and GIPR binding and activation.

Medication's journey
09/02/2025 · Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

Fluorescent markers reveal for the first time how diabetes and obesity drugs work inside the body.

Two bats hanging from the ceiling of a cave

Bats deliver prey
08/28/2025 · Muesum fuer Naturkunde

America's largest bat species displays a surprisingly complex social behavior – from greeting rituals to food sharing and mutual grooming.

Simulation of a tissue model treated with purple radiation.

Cold plasma against cancer
08/26/2025 · Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology

Cold plasma demonstrates efficacy against tumor cells – including those in deep tissue layers.

Lost in translation
08/25/2025 · Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute

In the aging brain, cellular protein factories malfunction and can no longer manufacture essential proteins, leading to far-reaching consequences.

Effective sanctions
07/21/2025 · Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Sanctions do work — but not all countries are affected equally. A new analysis reveals the vulnerability of individual states.

Wall with people of different ages painted on it

Inner circles influence perception of social division
07/18/2025 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

A new method helps differentiate between perceived and real polarisation.

Sweet discovery
07/17/2025 · Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

Sugars from the salty ocean are responsible for a large part of the ice nuclei in clouds over the remote oceans of the southern hemisphere.

Butchering 430,000 Years Ago
07/14/2025 · Headerbild Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research

Early humans used a sophisticated combination of techniques and materials to make tools.

Gene for Frailty
06/12/2025 · German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke

A new biomarker could help preserve muscle strength and mobility in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease.

Weak winds key factor in North Atlantic heatwave
06/10/2025 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Researchers identify weak winds and the resulting shallow uppermost layer of the ocean as key drivers of the marine heatwave in 2023.

Corona Without Symptoms
03/17/2025 · Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research

The genome of flying mammals could offer new approaches to medical solutions.

Social research with the smartphone
03/14/2025 · GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

A new software enables mobile data collection via smartphones. It enables the creation of mobile surveys with complex, time-based playout plans and thus supports the implementation of intensive longitudinal studies.

Pathway to more global climate finance
03/14/2025 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Proven CO₂ reductions in the Global South should be rewarded with massive public grants, researchers say. It would be highly profitable for donor countries due to avoided climate damage.

Insights into PIMS
03/13/2025 · German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin

A new study shows why children become seriously ill weeks after a Covid-19 infection – and how they can be cured.

How reading and arithmetic can prevent cognitive aging
03/12/2025 · ifo Institute

Reading and arithmetic skills do not necessarily decline with age. If used continuously, they can even be kept stable and increased.

The ideal pond for amphibians
03/10/2025 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Amphibians are highly endangered animals. If you want to protect them, you should preserve, improve or create new ponds.