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.

Sustainable, flexible, space-saving: graywater treatment with 3D textiles

The demand for water in Germany is increasing and used water is not being utilized sufficiently. Graywater in particular, i.e. wastewater from showers, bathtubs and washbasins, offers great potential for further use. It can be brought to service water quality on site and reused for flushing toilets or watering gardens, for example. Thanks to flexible 3D textiles, it can even be used in almost any building to save space.

May 7, 2024, 4:29:44 PM

How our knowledge of artists influences our perception of their works

A new study from Humboldt-Universität approaches the question from a psychological perspective

May 7, 2024, 2:13:50 PM

75th Anniversary of the Constitution: A MIDEM study examines the attitude of Germans towards their constitution

High acceptance and willingness to defend the German Constitution A representative study by the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy (MIDEM) at TU Dresden shows that 75 years after its promulgation, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany remains highly accepted. The willingness of Germans to defend their Constitution is highly pronounced. However, there are socio-demographic and political differences when it comes to acceptance. In addition, the German Constitution is viewed more critically in East Germany and among people with an international background. General trust in the political and social institutions of the constitutional order also varies significantly.

May 7, 2024, 1:50:20 PM

Illustration of a circular strontium Rydberg atom trapped in optical tweezers

Milestone in quantum simulation with circular Rydberg qubits

A team of researchers from the 5th Institute of Physics at the University of Stuttgart is making important progress in the field of quantum simulation and quantum computing based on Rydberg atoms by overcoming a fundamental limitation: the limited lifetime of Rydberg atoms. Circular Rydberg states are showing enormous potential for overcoming this limitation. The renowned journal Physical Review X reports on this in its latest issue.

May 7, 2024, 10:58:30 AM

Among other things, researchers in the PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn are investigating the use of drones in agriculture.

AI to Make Crop Production More Sustainable

Drones monitoring fields for weeds and robots targeting and treating crop diseases may sound like science fiction but is actually happening already, at least on some experimental farms. Researchers from the PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn are working on driving forward the smart digitalization of agriculture and have now published a list of the research questions that will need to be tackled as a priority in the future. Their paper has appeared in the “European Journal of Agronomy.”

May 6, 2024, 6:30:50 PM