Leibniz Association: News

Wisdom of the crowd
01/15/2020 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Collectively, environmental stakeholders are just as smart as scientific experts, as a study shows. Researchers advocate more systematic use of swarm intelligence.

Loss of microRNA leads to fibrosis
01/15/2020 · Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute

Researchers have identified microRNA molecules that are responsible for the development of fibrosis and thus promote the progression of cancer.

In search of balance
01/09/2020 · Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research

In order to better harmonize agriculture and biodiversity, a new project is developing concepts for the protection of species in European agricultural landscapes.

Reforms against decay
01/08/2020 · Institute for the World Economy

25 years after its foundation, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in a crisis. To prevent a collapse, and thus a loss of prosperity worldwide, it needs reform.

Land-use impacts biodiversity in the long-term
01/07/2020 · Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

Changes from grassland to cropland that happened as long as 20 years ago impact the biodiversity of species inhabiting agroecosystems in the long-term, i.e. today.

Together you're less alone
01/07/2020 · German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research

Pair living plays a key role in the evolution of primates' social systems: as a stepping stone from solitary life to complex societies.

Urban skyglow suppresses melatonin
01/07/2020 · Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Even the low light intensities of urban skyglow are sufficient to suppress the nocturnal melatonin production and thus to disrupt our day-night rhythm.

Germans desire simplified tax system
01/07/2020 · ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

More than 90 per cent of Germans consider the tax system to be in need of simplification. However, there is no social consensus on what reform should look like.

Fight Malaria
01/06/2020 · Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin

Researchers have identified the mechanism responsible for resistance to artemisinin, currently the most important malaria drug.

Digital insects
01/06/2020 · Museum für Naturkunde

The world´s first 3D scanner for insects enables researchers to digitally image and preserve beetles and flies that are hundreds of years old.

Planetary Boundaries under pressure
01/06/2020 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Nine systems - including climate change - regulate the state of our planet. Interactions between them can amplify human impacts on the Earth system even more.

Climate change threatens yeasts
12/20/2019 · Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

Researchers isolated a new yeast from tree sap. The microorganisms threatened by climate change could be of great biotechnological importance.

zbMATH becomes open access
12/16/2019 · FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure

In 2020, FIZ Karlsruhe will start transforming the zbMATH information service into an open access platform.

Interview: Life on Mars
12/09/2019 · Leibniz Insitute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Although the surface of Mars is extremely dry, living organisms such as microorganisms may exist in certain types of rock, especially salt rock.

Health care in baboons
12/05/2019 · German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research

Female baboons avoid mating if either the male or the female themselves showed visible signs of sexually transmitted diseases - but the males did not.

Creating real knowledge
12/04/2019 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

The volume of information continues to grow rapidly, but our real knowledge is not. A new database aims to shed light on "knowledge in the dark".

Electricity without coal
11/22/2019 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Of all possible ways to decarbonise the electricity supply, renewable energies offer the greatest health benefits to people and environment.

Merging galaxies
11/22/2019 · Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

For the first time, astronomers have discovered three black holes at the core of one galaxy - a new hint for understanding the evolution of galaxies over time.

Ecologically intact rivers
11/21/2019 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

The total willingness to pay for ecologically intact rivers in four european countries amounts to 27 to 47 billion euros per year.

Celestial turbulences
11/20/2019 · Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

Vertical air motions increase ice formation in mixed-phase clouds, as researchers were able to observe for the first time in nature.