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!

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.

Normalizing blood sugar can halve heart attack risk

(Embargo: 12/13/2025 00:30am CET) For the first time, an international analysis has shown that when people with prediabetes bring their blood glucose back into the normal range through lifestyle changes, their risk of heart attack, heart failure, and premature death is cut in half. These findings could revolutionize prevention and establish a new, measurable target for clinical guidelines. Among others, researchers from University Hospital Tübingen, Helmholtz Munich, and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) took part in the study.

Dec 13, 2025, 1:30:00 AM

Cancer cells (red and blue) bind closely to a synthetic immune cell (green), forming a hybrid cell culture.

Mini-tumors from the lab simulate immune responses

Normally, the immune system recognizes and eliminates abnormal cells. However, cancer cells can develop strategies to evade this control: they block defense mechanisms or send inhibitory signals. In this way, tumors can grow unchecked. In a collaborative study, research teams from Germany, the United Kingdom, and Hungary have tackled this challenge by creating artificial tumor models in which synthetic cells mimic immune responses. The study has now been published in the journal Nature Communications.

Dec 12, 2025, 3:25:01 PM

Compassion Makes People Happy

A new study by psychologists at the University of Mannheim shows: people who treat others with compassion also benefit themselves—psychologically, socially, and emotionally. The findings of this meta-study are based on an analysis of more than 40 studies and have now been published in Scientific Reports.

Dec 12, 2025, 1:16:00 PM

Branched broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa), the model species used in this study

Study: ‘Self-activation’ is part of the success strategy of parasitic weeds

A team led by Prof Susann Wicke from the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity at the University of Münster has shown that certain parasitic plants activate their haustoria independently of the host plant. This strategy increases their ability to successfully infest the host.

Dec 12, 2025, 1:00:00 PM

STOP PKD - Study investigates a new treatment option for people with the most common form of genetic kidney disease

Scientists have initiated a study to investigate whether dapagliflozin, an already approved drug from the SGLT2 inhibitors group, can positively affect the course of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

Dec 12, 2025, 11:40:20 AM

The experiment takes place in a vacuum chamber, where ultracold atomic clouds with a temperature of 30 nK are generated via laser cooling. Pictured: Professor Herwig Ott and Dr. Erik Bernhart.

Atomic Josephson contacts: How Bose-Einstein condensates replicate Shapiro steps

They enable high-precision measurements, define the unit of voltage, and form the heart of many quantum computers – the so-called Josephson contacts. However, the microscopic processes taking place in the superconductors are difficult to observe directly. Researchers at the RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau have therefore implemented a quantum simulation of the Josephson effect: They separated two Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) by means of an extremely thin optical barrier. The characteristic Shapiro steps were observed in the atomic system. The research was published in the journal Science.

Dec 12, 2025, 11:13:43 AM