On these pages you will find a selection of research news from the Leibniz Institutes.
  1. 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.

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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.

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  8. 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.

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