On these pages you will find a selection of research news from the Leibniz Institutes.
Separated signals
09/11/2019 · German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research
The brain’s specialized color and motion circuits use different frequencies to broadcast their output to areas that combine the various visual feature components into a unified percept.
Since lizards are cold-blooded animals, they depend on warmth and solar radiation to attain the temperatures they like. Will they benefit from global warming?
Sophisticated system
08/14/2019 · Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie
A research team has now identified the molecular components of a previously unknown ion channel. It may play a role in the development of heart attacks.
Alarming results
08/09/2019 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
From 1970 to 2012, global populations of freshwater megafauna declined by 88 percent – twice the loss of vertebrate populations on land or in the ocean.
Safe transport
08/09/2019 · Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie
A new process for cancer treatment transforms proteins and antibodies into stable, highly functional drug transporters, with which tumor cells can be detected and killed.
Sustainable tourism
07/31/2019 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
Wastewater management is a major problem in rapidly developing nature tourism communities along tropical coasts. A new project aims to develop sustainable solutions.
Little helpers
07/29/2019 · German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research
If tropical rainforests are destroyed, they will recover very slowly, if at all. A long-term study now reveals the role monkeys play in the regeneration of these important ecosystems.
Successful reproduction
07/22/2019 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Cheetahs in zoos often do not reproduce in the desired manner. Researchers have now found a key to the issue: the age of the mothers at the first pregnancy.