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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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Here you will find a selection of the latest R&D news from German universities, non-university research institutes and industrial research facilities.

The research camp on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Resilient algae may speed up Greenland ice melt

Tiny algae darken the surface of glaciers and thus accelerate their melting. This is the case, for example, on the Greenland Ice Sheet, which plays an important role in our climate and is already melting increasingly fast due to global warming. A study by the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, and the University of Aarhus, Denmark, now shows that the ice algae grow extremely efficiently, despite the fact that there are hardly any nutrients available to them on the ice.

Feb 19, 2025, 2:46:15 PM

Lost heritage: New online exhibition showcases the destruction of historical buildings in Ukraine

The digital exhibition »Destroyed Ukrainian Heritage: Ukraine’s Built Heritage since February 24, 2022. A Record of Destruction« has been launched to mark the third anniversary of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Drawing on 40 select examples, it documents the systematic destruction of Ukraine’s built environment and showcases the enormous extent of the losses. The exhibition was curated by the Kyiv architectural historian Dr. Semen Shyrochyn in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO). The Leibniz Research Alliance »Value of the Past« supported the project.

Feb 19, 2025, 1:24:12 PM

Ingmar Weber, Humboldt Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Did Twitter favour tweets from right-wing politicians? International study ends prematurely in 2023

Social media platforms provide a rich source of data for academic study. A research group at Saarland University has now analysed the Twitter accounts of some 8,600 politicians from twelve countries. The team, led by Ingmar Weber, who holds an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in AI at Saarland University, wanted to know whether between 2021 and 2023 Twitter prioritized tweets from politicians from the right of the political spectrum. The short answer for the period in question is no. In June 2023, however, Elon Musk blocked free access to Twitter data for academic research purposes.

Feb 19, 2025, 12:26:08 PM

The antiparallel spin alignment in adjacent layers of the van der Waals crystal CrSBr confines Coulomb-bound electron-hole pairs (excitons) into one dimension with strongly different binding energies in the bulk and at the surface.

Trapped in a magnetic cage

Controlling how electrons interact in semiconductors is crucial for the development of electronic and optical devices. Quantum scientists have now discovered a surprisingly efficient new mechanism to adjust the interaction between electrons and even restrict their motion to a single dimension: magnetic order.

Feb 19, 2025, 12:00:00 PM

Urban environments promote adaptation to multiple stressors

Study investigates the response of aquatic species to environmental stress factors 19 February 2025/Kiel. Animal populations from urban areas show significantly higher resilience to stressful environmental conditions. This was found by an international team of researchers led by Dr Elizabeta Briski from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. The mussel and crustacean species studied were able to adapt to disturbed environments, making them more resistant to environmental changes such as climate and land-use change. The study is published today in the journal Ecology Letters.

Feb 19, 2025, 10:24:06 AM

Tackling the Grand Challenges of our Time: We Are All Part of the Solution

Climate change, social inequality, and technological disruption – our world is facing enormous challenges. But who decides how we tackle them? Is it only politicians, scientists, and business leaders who shape the future? No! A recent study by RPTU emphasizes: The small shapes the big – each of us can and must play a crucial role.

Feb 18, 2025, 6:18:55 PM

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