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.

The tractor-mounted sensor box is equipped with precise sensors and camera systems. During normal journeys through the orchard, it records the individual data tree by tree

SAMSON – Towards the orchard of the future through digitalization, practical technologies and automated tools

New results from the SAMSON project lead practically and data-supported to the goal to relieve work processes through digitalization, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, to use resources more efficiently as well as to make fruit growing more resilient to climatic and economic challenges in order to optimize the quality and quantity of yields in the long term.

Jan 23, 2026, 8:00:00 PM

The next generation of disinformation

“AI swarms” could fake public consensus and quietly distort democracy, researchers warn. Social Data Scientist David Garcia from the University of Konstanz gives an outlook on an unprecedented scale of opinion manipulation threatening the democratic discourse.

Jan 23, 2026, 5:16:33 PM

A tumor cell lodged in an intersomitic vessel of a zebrafish embryo.

A mechanical view on metastasis and the role of tumor cell viscosity

Millions of people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer every year. In advanced tumor diseases, cancer cells detach from the original tumor and settle in other parts of the body to form metastases. On their way, they have to be distributed via the body's own transport system, such as blood or the lymphatic vascular system, and overcome numerous mechanical hurdles. A multidisciplinary research team has investigated how the mechanical properties of tumor cells circulating through blood vessels influence their metastatic pathways. The results, recently published in Nature Materials, provide important building blocks for understanding metastasis.

Jan 23, 2026, 5:08:47 PM

Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

A short-term oat-based diet appears to be surprisingly effective at reducing the cholesterol level. This is indicated by a trial by the University of Bonn, which has now been published in Nature Communications. The participants suffered from a metabolic syndrome – a combination of high body weight, high blood pressure, and elevated blood glucose and blood lipid levels. They consumed a calorie-reduced diet, consisting almost exclusively of oatmeal, for two days. Their cholesterol levels then improved significantly compared to a control group. Even after six weeks, this effect remained stable. The diet apparently influenced the composition of microorganisms in the gut.

Jan 23, 2026, 3:00:18 PM

Fraunhofer IFF Is Releasing an Important Case Study in the EU Project RoboSAPIENS

Reliable, Adaptable Robotics for Industry: Fraunhofer IFF Is Releasing an Important Case Study in the EU Project RoboSAPIENS The European research project RoboSAPIENS is reaching its first important milestone. The consortium funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe program is developing self-adapting software for robots with the objective of enabling robots to respond flexibly to changing environments while guaranteeing safe and trustworthy collaboration with humans. Fraunhofer IFF’s case study is now available.

Jan 23, 2026, 3:00:00 PM

Lysosomal Brain Protein Atlas: For the first time, a comprehensive cell type-specific atlas of lysosomes in the brain has been created – the cell organelles responsible for degradation and recycling processes.

New lysosome atlas reveals cause of rare neurological disease

Together with colleagues from Stanford University, USA, researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging (FLI) have, for the first time, created a comprehensive cell type-specific atlas of lysosomes in the brain, the cell organelles which are responsible for degradation and recycling processes. The study shows that lysosomes in neurons differ significantly from those in other brain cells. Particularly striking is the previously little-noticed protein SLC45A1, which plays a central role in neuronal lysosomes. Mutations in this protein lead to a previously unclear neurological disease that can now be classified as a lysosomal storage disorder.

Jan 23, 2026, 12:49:08 PM