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06-2026 Press Release | IGB

And now, everyone: breathe!

Arapaima – die Giganten des Amazonas – holen als Jungtiere synchron Luft

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06-2026 Press Release | IZW

Do hyenas eat livestock and rhinos? Rarely if ever, if there are enough wildebeest and zebras around

For conservation and the management of human-wildlife conflicts, it is of great interest to know which species are eaten by carnivores.

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06-2026 Press Release | IGB

Lichtverschmutzung im Bundesnaturschutzgesetz

Erstmals wissenschaftlich fundierte Regelungsoptionen vorgelegt

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06-2026 Press Release | IZW

The prevalence of West Nile virus in mosquitoes in Berlin is shaped by the structure of the urban environment

For several years now, cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection have been occurring in Germany. The virus circulates between native mosquitoes and birds; human infections occur sporadically.

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06-2026 Press Release | IGB

Landscape water velocities control nitrogen pollution under climate change

Die Nitratbelastung von Böden und Gewässern ist aufgrund des umfangreichen Einsatzes von Düngemitteln ein drängendes globales Umweltproblem.

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06-2026 Press Release | IZW

Why are sloths so slow? Scientists uncover unique ‘sloth genes’ that are likely linked to their slow metabolism

Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet, and living in dense jungles has made them difficult to study.

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Press Release FVB 27.09.2018

Outstanding research in Berlin

Press Release PDI 26.09.2018

Putting noise to work

Press Release FMP 25.09.2018

EU-OPENSCREEN achieves European Research Infrastructure status

Press Release IGB 21.09.2018

Light pollution makes fish more courageous

Press Release IGB 04.09.2018

Reducing nitrogen inputs prevents algal blooms in lakes

Press Release FMP 30.08.2018

Presynapses come in a packet – Berlin Scientists Identify the Components and Architecture of Neuronal Contact Sites

Press Release MBI 28.08.2018

Electric polarization in the macroscopic world and electrons moving at atomic scales - a new link from femtosecond x-ray experiments

Press Release FBH 27.08.2018

Securing the technological lead with laser innovations

Press Release IZW 26.08.2018

Red light at night: A potentially fatal attraction to migratory bats

Press Release MBI 09.08.2018

Slow, but efficient: Low-energy electron emission from intense laser cluster interactions

Press Release FMP 08.08.2018

A molecular switch may serve as new target point for cancer and diabetes therapies

Press Release IZW 07.08.2018

Capturing elephants from the wild shortens their lives

Press Release IZW 06.08.2018

Gene recombination deactivates retroviruses during invasion of host genomes

Press Release MBI 03.08.2018

Concepts for new switchable plasmonic nanodevices: A magneto-plasmonic nanoscale router and a high-contrast magneto-plasmonic disk modulator controlled by external magnetic fields

Press Release MBI 27.07.2018

Benjamin Fingerhut receives the ERC Starting Grant

Press Release MBI 16.07.2018

What happens when we heat the atomic lattice of a magnet all of a sudden?

Press Release IZW 11.07.2018

Rhino sperm from the cold – new cryoprotective increases motility of sperm after thawing

Press Release IZW 04.07.2018

A breakthrough to rescue the Northern White Rhino – First ever hybrid embryo produced outside the womb

Press Release IGB 29.06.2018

Spearfishing makes fishes more timid

Press Release IZW 28.06.2018

Territory holders and floaters: two spatial tactics of male cheetahs

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