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!

Two female researchers are standing in a large solar centre at the DLR Jülich.

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.

On-chip GHz time crystals with semiconductor photonic devices pave way to new physics and optoelectronic applications

Researchers have for the first time observed a time crystal on a microscale semiconductor chip oscillating at a rate of several billion times per second, unveiling exceptionally high non-linear dynamics in the GHz range. The results of the experiment, published today in Science, establish a firm connection between formerly uncorrelated areas of non-linear exciton-polariton dynamics and coherent optomechanics at GHz frequencies. According to the research team, this experiment shows promise for using time crystals in integrated and microwave photonics.

May 31, 2024, 4:11:24 PM

Not eating can hinder weight loss

In the long run, food deprivation can facilitate overeating: It causes the long-term memory to remember a high carbohydrate intake as particularly rewarding / publication in “eLife”

May 31, 2024, 1:52:20 PM

Prof. Yilmaz Uygun and his team are working on applying 3D printing to space travel.

Creating One-of-a-kind Pieces for Space Travel Using 3D Printing

Great success for the research group led by Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. Yilmaz Uygun at Constructor University Bremen: The start-up "NebulaForm", which emerged from the group, has been accepted into the space incubator of the European Space Agency ESA. The team wants to use the world's largest delta 3D printer, which they developed, to produce components for the space industry. In addition, they are working on producing a 3D printer for applications in space.

May 30, 2024, 6:09:50 PM

Has discovered a new form of severe cerebellitis caused by autoantibodies: Neurologist Professor Dr Kurt-Wolfram Sühs.

New disease discovered: How the immune system destroys the cerebellum

MHH study identifies new autoantibodies in cerebrospinal fluid as a possible biomarker for rapidly progressing cerebellitis

May 30, 2024, 2:41:39 PM

The inside of two developing Arabidopsis thaliana seeds at 4 days after pollination. While the wild-type seed has not yet initiated endosperm cellularization, the seed with increased cARF activity is already completely cellularized.

The Seed of Parental Conflict - Scientists discover key regulators of seed development in a parental stalemate

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology have made a groundbreaking discovery about the molecular mechanisms that control seed development in flowering plants. This research, published in the prestigious journal Nature Plants, reveals how maternally expressed genes regulate the cellularization of the endosperm, a crucial tissue that supports the developing plant embryo and encompasses most of the worlds agricultural crop yield.

May 30, 2024, 12:23:16 PM

Deep-sea fishing with bottom trawls has a huge impact on the ocean. Photo: Ross Sneddon via Unsplash

Trawls and Climate change

Bottom trawls promote global warming and affect marine ecosystems Fishing trawls cause significant CO2 emissions as they stir up the carbon bound in the seabed and release it again. It is also clear that they drastically affect ecosystems in the ocean. A new study by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon models the influence of bottom trawls on sedimentary carbon in the North Sea. It also shows that restrictions on fishing in certain areas would benefit life in the ocean and on land.

May 29, 2024, 6:44:25 PM