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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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.

Gambling Ads Seen as Doubly Harmful: They Lure People in and Keep Them Playing

According to those affected, gambling ads have a double effect: They make it easier to start and also reinforce continued gambling. A study shows that advertising has a strong or very strong influence for about one in three people in outpatient gambling addiction treatment in Lower Saxony.

Nov 10, 2025, 3:47:56 PM

When swimming across bright surroundings, zebrafish get pale over tens of minutes. Researchers now identified which cells in the eye and brain control this background adaption.

How a fish knows when to blend in

Background matching: Researchers traced how zebrafish larvae blend into bright surroundings through background adaptation, identifying which cells in the eye and brain control it. Tracing connections: Specialized cells in the retina signal the brain to control two hormones – raising levels of one that lightens the fish while lowering levels of one that darkens it. Pinpointing the pathway: This work pinpoints cell types and connections, revealing how vision controls body-wide color changes – a fundamental response across some fish, amphibians, and reptiles – and opens up key mechanistic and evolutionary questions.

Nov 10, 2025, 3:15:22 PM

The experimental setup: Magneto-optical trap for laser cooling of aluminum monofluoride (AlF)

A breakthrough in laser cooling: trapping of a stable molecule with deep ultraviolet light

Researchers from the Department of Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber Institute have demonstrated the first magneto-optical trap of a stable ‘closed-shell’ molecule: aluminum monofluoride (AlF). They were able to cool AlF with lasers and selectively trap it in three different rotational quantum levels - breaking new ground in ultracold physics. Their experiments open the door to advanced precision spectroscopy and quantum simulation with AlF.

Nov 10, 2025, 2:07:23 PM

With the help of LiquidEarth, a software program for the interactive visualization of integrated geoscientific data - from structural models and boreholes to satellite images - the copper shale region in Lusatia has been mapped.

Innovative tools for responsible mining: EU project boosts ethically responsible exploration of critical raw materials

Mining is a controversial topic: On the one hand, we need raw materials such as copper for the transition to climate-friendly technologies, but on the other hand, exploration and raw material extraction are primarily associated with environmental pollution and exploitation. A team of 18 European partners coordinated by the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has addressed this controversy in the VECTOR project, linking geosciences with data and social sciences. The results are efficient and low impact exploration methods and human-centered solutions that enable a responsible supply of critical raw materials in Europe.

Nov 10, 2025, 11:12:20 AM