On these pages you will find a selection of research news from the Leibniz Institutes.
  1. Surveillance with consequences
    11/20/2019 · ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

    Citizens who lived in counties of the GDR, where the proportion of Stasi employees was relatively high, are in a worse economic situation today.

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  2. Synapses in 3D
    11/19/2019 · Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology

    Scientists develop a new method to map synapses in millimeter-sized brain tissue using the light microscope only on the basis of their structure.

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  3. The Earth's sulfur cycle
    11/19/2019 · Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

    An international research team was able to experimentally show a completely new reaction path for the largest natural sulfur source in the atmosphere.

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  4. Early forecast
    11/07/2019 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

    Researchers find that there will probably be another "El Niño" by the end of 2020. The groundbreaking early forecast is based on a novel algorithm.

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  5. Baltic Sea at a crossroads
    11/06/2019 · Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

    A study modells future scenarios for the combined effect of climate change and nutrient load. An optimistic outcome relies on the perfect implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan.

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  6. The picture shows a gallium oxide chip.

    New materials for power electronics
    11/05/2019 · IKZ/FBH

    The semiconductor material beta-gallium oxide offers the best prerequisites for next-generation power electronics. To this end, a recently launched project is funded with €2 million.

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  7. Birthright Citizenship matters
    10/30/2019 · ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

    In Germany, automatically granting birthright citizenship to children with an immigration background significantly improves their education opportunities.

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  8. The picture shows a river flowing through a green landscape.

    Putting the WFD to the test
    10/29/2019 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

    60 per cent of all water bodies in the EU require urgent improvement. The IGB Policy Brief offers options for action to policy makers and practitioners.

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  9. Solar dynamo puzzle
    10/29/2019 · Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

    A previously unobserved mechanism in the Sun’s rotating plasma might play a crucial role in the formation of the Sun’s magnetic field.

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  10. Safety of nanomaterials
    10/29/2019 · IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine

    Wild roundworms which are exposed to nanoparticles suffer from malnutrition. The impact on human nutrition needs to be investigated.

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  11. LSB announces new Director
    10/28/2019 · Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology

    Veronika Somoza succeeds Thomas F. Hofmann as Director of the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich.

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  12. Evolution of butterflies
    10/24/2019 · Research Museum Alexander Koenig

    A team of researchers created an evolutionary family tree for butterflies based on a large data set and estimated when moths and butterflies evolved key traits.

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  13. First glimpse into the hot universe
    10/23/2019 · Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

    The German space telescope eROSITA, which was successfully launched in July, has now published the first astounding images of the hot universe.

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  14. Alternatives to animal experiments
    10/22/2019 · Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors

    Wiebke Albrecht receives the “Animal Welfare Research Prize 2019” for a novel method that minimizes the need for animal experiments in the area of toxicological risk assessment.

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  15. Marthe Vogt award 2019
    10/22/2019 · Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.

    The physicist Johanna Klyne was awarded for her dissertation on the geometric and electronic structure of biomolecules and their clusters.

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  16. Intestinal cell renewal
    10/22/2019 · Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute

    With its stem cells, the intestine is able to regenerate itself continuously. How the cell differentiation is exactly regulated, researchers have now found out.

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  17. Digital libraries
    10/22/2019 · ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

    A project develops simulation environments for digital libraries wishing to shorten their innovation cycles through simulated user behaviour.

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  18. Gene mutation triggers disease
    10/18/2019 · Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

    Hyperaldosteronism can lead to high blood pressure and kidney damage. It has only recently emerged that several patients with this condition harbor a mutation in the gene for the ClC-2 chloride channel.

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  19. New bat genus: Parahypsugo happoldorum
    10/18/2019 · Research Museum Alexander Koenig

    Scientists described four species which are restricted to rainforests of West and Central Africa.

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  20. Insufficient climate protection
    10/14/2019 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

    Researchers assess the German climate package and provide input for making necessary adjustments.

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