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02-2026 Press Release | IGB

Plastic dominates the waste in Berlin's River Spree

An IGB study shows where the hotspots are

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02-2026 Press Release | IGB

Positive retention effect

Aquatic plants stabilize the water level of the river (Spree) and groundwater

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01-2026 Press Release | MBI

Water Window in the Laboratory: Soft X-ray Imaging with Nanometer Depth Resolution Using High Harmonics

In its NanoMovie Application Laboratory, MBI offers femtosecond (≈10-15 seconds) short soft X-ray pulses produced by High Harmonic Generation (HHG) to users.

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01-2026 Press Release | FVB

BR50 Board of Directors elected Michael Hintermüller as chair

On January 22, 2026, the Board of Directors of the alliance of non-university research institutions in Berlin elected Michael Hintermüller, Director of WIAS, as its chair, following the appointment of a new board by the general meeting of Berlin Research 50 e.V. in December 2025.

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01-2026 Press Release | IZW

Clear effects, complex implications: meta-study reveals mechanisms of animals’ adaptations to cope with climate change

Climate change has a wide range of effects on wildlife.

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01-2026 Press Release | IZW

Caught in the act: Scientists observe infections by cancer-causing retroviruses in Koalas as they occur

An international team of scientists analysed the ongoing colonization by two retroviruses of the germline of koalas and resulting deaths from cancer in multi-generational pedigrees of over 100 koalas in US and European Zoos. In the journal “Nature Communications”, they describe the genome sequencing of the koalas and their analysis of integration in or near genes involved in cancer, new germline integrations within a single generation, and deaths from cancer caused by the retroviral integration. Based on this work, the scientists calculated genetic risk scores (GRS) that…

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Negative Mass and High Speed: How Electrons Go Their Own Ways

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