Research in Germany

Germany is a top destination for PhD students, postdocs, and senior scientists. The website "Research in Germany" helps you to find your way to Germany, to seek for PhD positions, research jobs or funding opportunities. It describes the German research landscape and helps you plan your career and life in Germany. Welcome to Germany - the Land of Ideas!

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Why Germany

There are many good reasons for doing research in  Germany. It is one of the most innovative, stable and well endowed  research nations  and its universities and research institutions are among the best in the world. Values like freedom and diversity as well as social and ecological responsibility are considered important to ensure knowledge gain and societal progress.

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Here you will find a selection of the latest R&D news from German universities, non-university research institutes and industrial research facilities.

Harnessing hydrogen at life’s origin

Publication in PNAS A new report uncovers how hydrogen gas, the energy of the future, provided energy in the past, at the origin of life 4 billion years ago.
Mar 18, 2024, 5:01:35 PM

Industrial societies losing healthy gut microbes

Publication in Science Fiber is good for us, but a new study finds that humans are losing the microbes that turn fiber into food for a healthy digestive tract.
Mar 18, 2024, 4:49:15 PM

How cells are ahead of the curve

The curvature of a surface determines the migration behavior of biological cells. They preferentially move along valleys or grooves while avoiding ridges. These findings with contribution from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) and the Weizmann Institute of Science gave rise to a model predicting cellular behavior. Such universal principles now allow a better understanding of the migration of immune and cancer cells, paving the way for new treatment options.
Mar 18, 2024, 4:42:17 PM

A new lexicon in the age of microbiome research

Leading researchers propose a new biological and medical language for describing host-microbe interactions that abandons the paradigm of pathogenic microorganisms
Mar 18, 2024, 1:54:49 PM

Bayreuth researcher uses artificial intelligence to develop a new method for improving electrocatalytic converters

Prof Dr Johannes Margraf and a team of scientists have developed a promising method to improve the efficiency of electrocatalysts. Using simulations and artificial intelligence, the researchers have developed a computer program that can simultaneously optimise several properties of the catalyst. The results have now been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Mar 18, 2024, 1:53:12 PM

FAU: Eating, socializing or exploring: How the brain switches between different behaviors

How does our brain switch between different behaviors? A current study has now provided the first answers to this key question in neuroscience. Using mice, the researchers investigated electrical activity in a certain area within the brain. Results were then analyzed with the help of an adaptive computer algorithm. This artificial intelligence identified a type of typical fingerprint in the signals. Analyzing this signal allowed researchers to predict which behavior the animals would switch to next, two seconds before they actually made the change. The results have now been published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.*
Mar 18, 2024, 12:19:54 PM

Harnessing hydrogen at life’s origin

Publication in PNAS A new report uncovers how hydrogen gas, the energy of the future, provided energy in the past, at the origin of life 4 billion years ago.
Mar 18, 2024, 5:01:35 PM

Industrial societies losing healthy gut microbes

Publication in Science Fiber is good for us, but a new study finds that humans are losing the microbes that turn fiber into food for a healthy digestive tract.
Mar 18, 2024, 4:49:15 PM

How cells are ahead of the curve

The curvature of a surface determines the migration behavior of biological cells. They preferentially move along valleys or grooves while avoiding ridges. These findings with contribution from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) and the Weizmann Institute of Science gave rise to a model predicting cellular behavior. Such universal principles now allow a better understanding of the migration of immune and cancer cells, paving the way for new treatment options.
Mar 18, 2024, 4:42:17 PM

A new lexicon in the age of microbiome research

Leading researchers propose a new biological and medical language for describing host-microbe interactions that abandons the paradigm of pathogenic microorganisms
Mar 18, 2024, 1:54:49 PM

Bayreuth researcher uses artificial intelligence to develop a new method for improving electrocatalytic converters

Prof Dr Johannes Margraf and a team of scientists have developed a promising method to improve the efficiency of electrocatalysts. Using simulations and artificial intelligence, the researchers have developed a computer program that can simultaneously optimise several properties of the catalyst. The results have now been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Mar 18, 2024, 1:53:12 PM

FAU: Eating, socializing or exploring: How the brain switches between different behaviors

How does our brain switch between different behaviors? A current study has now provided the first answers to this key question in neuroscience. Using mice, the researchers investigated electrical activity in a certain area within the brain. Results were then analyzed with the help of an adaptive computer algorithm. This artificial intelligence identified a type of typical fingerprint in the signals. Analyzing this signal allowed researchers to predict which behavior the animals would switch to next, two seconds before they actually made the change. The results have now been published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.*
Mar 18, 2024, 12:19:54 PM
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