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.

Dr Serge Krasnokutski, Laboratory Astrophysics and Cluster Physics group at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, investigates the formation of biomolecules under space conditions with a vacuum chamber.

Peptides on Interstellar Ice

A research team led by Dr Serge Krasnokutski from the Astrophysics Laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the University of Jena had already demonstrated that simple peptides can form on cosmic dust particles. However, it was previously assumed that this would not be possible if molecular ice, which covers the dust particle, contains water – which is usually the case. Now, the team, in collaboration with the University of Poitiers, France, has discovered that the presence of water molecules is not a major obstacle for the formation of peptides on such dust particles. The researchers report on their finding in the journal “Science Advances”.

Apr 17, 2024, 10:00:00 PM

Oliver Barnstedt on the path of cognition - reminding us of the paths we take to find reward. As lead author of a newly published study by the Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology, Barnstedt and his team have shown how our brain leads us to

The language of the brain: How memories guide us to rewards

Now in spring, some of us have a particular craving for ice cream. Picture this: You want to take a walk to your favourite ice cream parlour for the first time after winter. You can probably remember how to get there. How does our brain guide us to such rewarding places? In a study recently published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology (LIN) in Magdeburg used state-of-the-art methods to answer this question. They discovered that our brain uses a special code to guide us to places that promise rewards.

Apr 17, 2024, 6:31:25 PM

Bats of the species Hipposideros caffer in a cave in Ghana

Lower biodiversity means more pathogens - Study investigates coronavirus dynamics in bats

The loss of biodiversity poses a challenge for nature and humans alike. A study led by Ulm University shows that a decline in biodiversity promotes the spread of potentially zoonotic pathogens. The research team, which included Berlin virologist Professor Christian Drosten, investigated how changes in the composition of bat communities affect the spread of coronaviruses. The DFG-funded study was published in the journal Nature Communications.

Apr 17, 2024, 4:53:17 PM

The most important procurement and sales markets in the coming 5 years

The EU single market is and remains the most important foreign market for the industrial Mittelstand

The European single market is of highest importance for Mittelstand industrial enterprises, both as procurement and as sales market, surpassing all other foreign markets. Following behind with great distance are markets in other European countries and in China.

Apr 17, 2024, 4:06:03 PM

The babbling of zebra finches creates connections in the brain that enable them to memorize the song of their tutor. The picture shows a zebra finch chick (2nd from left) between a female (left) and a male (right).

Zebra finch chicks don't babble for no reason

When babies learn to talk or birds learn to sing, the same principle applies: listen and then imitate. This is how the first babble becomes the first word or vocalization. Male zebra finch chicks initially memorize the song of an adult bird. Later, they refine their own vocalization until they resemble the learned song. Researchers at the MPI for Biological Intelligence have now shown that the first vocalizations of zebra finches play a role even before they practice to sing on their own. The initial babbling is necessary to memorize songs in the first place. This is in line with findings in human infants, where the babbling of babies also plays a crucial role in language acquisition.

Apr 17, 2024, 4:04:00 PM

The dust from the Aralkum Desert is considered much more dangerous because it also contains residues of fertilisers and pesticides from former agriculture.

Aral Sea has made Central Asia significantly dustier

Leipzig. The drying up of the Aral Sea has made Central Asia 7 percent dustier in the last 30 years. Between 1984 and 2015, dust emissions from the growing desert almost doubled from 14 to 27 million tonnes. This is the result of a study by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) and the Free University of Berlin. The amounts of dust have probably been underestimated so far because two-thirds of it is swirled up under cloudy skies and therefore may go unnoticed by traditional satellite observations, report the researchers at the Second Central Asian DUst Conference (CADUC-2), which take place from 15-22 April 2024 in Nukus, Uzbekistan, near the former Aral Sea.

Apr 17, 2024, 2:27:20 PM