Shorter and warmer winters may expand the hibernation area of bats in Europe

The ambient temperature has a profound impact on the physiology and behaviour of most species.

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Founding Director of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Prof Reinhold R Hofmann, has passed away

According to his family, the veterinarian scientist Prof Dr Reinhold R Hofmann passed away on 30 March 2025 at the age of 92.

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"We conduct animal testing!"

Professor Dr. Frank Kirchhoff

(for scientists involved in basic research in the life sciences)

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Juggling the responsibilities

Interview with embryologist Astrid Vogel

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Technology development for semiconductor material gallium oxide launched

The EFRE project G.O.A.L. (1.6-14) “Gallium Oxide Application Laboratory for Power Electronics”, which was launched in September 2024, completes the value chain created at the IKZ in the field of gallium oxide technology development.

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Ultrafast Plasmon-Enhanced Magnetic Bit Switching at the Nanoscale

Researchers from Max Born Institute have demonstrated a successful way to control and manipulate nanoscale magnetic bits — the building blocks of digital data — using an ultrafast laser pulse and plasmonic gold nanostructures.

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