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People pose next to a rocket labeled MAIUS 2.

Leibniz University

Sounding rockets launched into space

On 2 December 2023 a research alliance, in which Leibniz University played a crucial role, launched the MAIUS-2 high-altitude research rocket into space....

University of Veterinary Medicine

No winter break for ticks in Germany

Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine’s Institute of Parasitology have found that ticks remain active in winter.

Auditory researcher Yanjing Luo with the ear canal implant in front of MHH

Patient had “run out of treatment options”

MHH pioneers use of customized implant in external ear canal

For the first time, the Department of Otolaryngology at Hannover Medical School (MHH) has provided an adult patient with a customized implant for the exte...

Restoring the hydrological balance

SpongeScapes will help combat climate change

An international project with participation from Leibniz University addresses the topic of "sponge landscapes".

Man with a leg amputation doing gymnastics.

For Ukraine

MHH launches teaching module for post-amputation rehabilitation

RehAmpTT, a teaching module developed by Hannover Medical School, is a digital support programme for healthcare professionals, amputees and their families...

Climate change

Can oyster reefs withstand rising sea levels?

A collaborative project involving Leibniz University has looked at whether oyster reefs and mussel beds on the German coast can adapt to rising sea levels...

University of Veterinary Medicine

Using artificial intelligence to recognize pain in cats

Artificial intelligence (AI) provides great opportunities to improve recognition of pain in cats, thus allowing for more humane treatment. A joint researc...

University of Veterinary Medicine

Scent detection dogs helping sniff out the causes of long COVID

Trained sniffer dogs are able to detect post-COVID syndrome (long COVID) by scent. In their ‘Dogolomics’ project, a team of researchers in human and veter...

EU funding

Leibniz University to be part of a wider ‘European University’

Leibniz University (LUH) is to receive 1.6 million euros from the European Union. It is being awarded this funding under the ‘European University’ initiat...

Extended wave current flume

Hannover home to the world’s largest wave machine

Germany’s minister for economic affairs and climate action, Robert Habeck, and Lower Saxony’s minister president, Stephan Weil, jointly inaugurated the ex...