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    Bacterial glitter: New findings open up possibilities for sustainable color technologies An international research team of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Balance of the Microverse' has investigated the mechanism that makes bacteria reflect light without using pigments.
    The colours of the marine bacterium Marinobacter alginolytica are due to ordered bacterial cells forming a photonic crystal, producing colour by interference effects.
    Picture: Colin Ingham
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    Honour for Jena microbiologist Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel elected as a new Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
    Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    When the swimming hunter becomes exhausted Extinctions could result as fish change foraging behaviour in response to rising temperatures
    Models suggest that the Atlantic Cod may have a high risk of extinction as water temperatures increase.
    Image: Wilhelm Thomas Fiege, CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons
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    Time travel through genomics Reconstruction of a 1,300-year-old phage genome shows similarities to a modern virus that infects intestinal bacteria
    Piotr Rozwalak has analysed prehistoric stool samples for phage genomes.
    Image: Adrian Wykrota
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    How social media can contribute to species conservation Data published on social media platforms can improve knowledge about species distribution and inform conservation planning
    Nature photographers worldwide are sharing their biodiversity observations on social media – a huge potential also for biodiversity research.
    Image: Sultan Ahmed
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    DNA from the past Limestone serves as a repository of microbial genetic information
    Rock cores used for the investigation.
    Image: Robert Lehmann
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    Diverse landscapes help insects cope with heat stress Habitat diversity can mitigate effects of climate change on insects
    The movements of this beetle (Carabus coriaceus) have been tracked with the help of a RFID tag.
    Image: Stefan Bernhardt/iDiv
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    iDiv celebrates its 10th anniversary Chancellor, Minister of State, and Prime Ministers acknowledge the success of international biodiversity research in Central Germany
    Scientists of iDiv use the Leipzig Canopy Crane to investigate the hidden habitat in the treetops.
    Image: Steffen Schellhorn
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    The first map of the microverse A German-Dutch research team redefines microbial niches and presents its approach in the journal "Nature Ecology and Evolution"
    Bacteria cultures in Petri dishes.
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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    Why are our brains so huge? Ways to acquire and gather food could be a major evolutionary driver of our large brains.
    Collective honey foraging by two teenage boys. Here they use a technique in which they smoke the bee hives to avoid getting stung.
    Image: Bryndan van Pinxteren
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    Alexander von Humboldt Professorship awarded to Prof. Bas E. Dutilh Germany’s most valuable research award was awarded to the new professor of Viral Ecology
    Prof. Bas E. Dutilh
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