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New Nature study by Matthias Rillig highlights the importance of fungi for ecosystems, nutrition, and global health

Jun 19, 2026

Nature Publication: Measuring the Negative Impacts of Biological Invasions on Animal Welfare

May 05, 2026

New study reveals urban ants more willing to accept low-quality food – a potential warning sign for urban ecosystems

Feb 09, 2026

New study in “Nature Communications” shows that independent environmental stressors such as heat, drought, and microplastics affect soils differently when combined

Jan 15, 2026

Biology professor Daniel Schubert receives DRS Award for Excellent Supervision

Jan 13, 2026

Volkswagen Foundation to provide more than 1.1 million euros of funding for neurobiology research project at Freie Universität Berlin

Jul 22, 2025

Researchers develop a new method for detecting hidden genetic relationships in animal populations

Jan 21, 2025

Science Study: A New Perspective on Aging at the Cellular Level

Nov 11, 2024

Nature Study: New insights into how fruit flies process visual information and use it to navigate the world around them

Oct 10, 2024

Heavy Metal Pollution, Herbicide, Microplastics: Anthropogenic Factors in Soil Ecosystems Have Greater Impact the More Dissimilar and Numerous They Are

Oct 07, 2024

How the Butterfly Got Its Pupa: Researchers provide insights into the origins of complete metamorphosis in insects

Sep 10, 2024

Nature Cell Biology Study: Successful Fasting Requires Spermidine

Aug 14, 2024

Einstein Foundation Berlin supports biologist Dr. Luis R. Paniagua Voirol as an “Starting Researcher”

Aug 06, 2024

New publication: Ecologist Matthias Rillig suggests considering antibiotic resistance genes as a factor of global change

Jul 18, 2024

New approach to diminish antibiotic resistance developed by research team from Freie Universität Berlin, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and ETH Zurich

Jul 04, 2024

The Soil Plastisphere: Effects of Microplastic Particles in Soil

Oct 16, 2023

Double Trouble: Infamous “Eagle Killer” Bacterium Produces Not One, But Two Toxins - Study headed by Professor Timo Niedermeyer published in PNAS

Sep 28, 2023

ERC Advanced Grant for Neurobiologist Stephan Sigrist

Apr 03, 2023

Study finds that honeybees navigate using mental maps

Mar 28, 2023

“Nature” study on stressors threatening soil ecosystems