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Excellence Strategy: University of Halle receives
funding for a Cluster of Excellence for the first
time
The Martin Luther University is one of the winners of the Excellence Strategy. MLU applied for the Cluster of Excellence "Center for Chiral Electronics" (CCE) together with the Freie Universität Berlin, the University of Regensburg and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle. The Cluster of Excellence will receive up to 64.5 million euros in funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and will start in January 2026. It will initially run for seven years. Research will focus on new concepts for high-performance and energy-efficient electronics.
Where the wild bees thrive: Research highlights potential of combining agricultural and environmental measures
The global decline of wild bee populations is alarming. Landscapes characterised by intensive agriculture offer hardly any suitable habitats. Isolated local efforts are often not enough to counteract this loss. Now, researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Halle show that combining certain agricultural and environmental measures at the landscape level can offer more protection for wild bees. Their findings show that organic farming combined with multi-year natural habitats – such as meadows planted with long-lasting, perennial plants – is particularly effective. These two types of habitats together support significantly more wild bees than either does on its own. The results were published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
Researchers discover active substances that work against several viruses
A research team led by the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) has discovered two broadly effective antiviral drug candidates. The team included Professor Andreas Dräger, a bioinformatician from MLU. In the journal "Communications Biology", the researchers describe how a combination of computer-aided modelling and validation in the laboratory can help to develop new drugs against viruses more quickly. The new findings are an important contribution to the development of drugs that would be quickly available in the event of future pandemics.
Preserving the past, protecting the future: Historic village water tanks provide a lifeline for amphibians
In the quiet mountain villages of northern Portugal`s Peneda-Gerês National Park, centuries-old stone water tanks and irrigation channels may now be serving a surprising new purpose. Research published in Ecosphere and led by scientists at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the MLU reveals that these historic structures, once central to traditional village life, are now providing critical breeding and refuge sites for amphibians, as natural wetlands are increasingly under pressure from climate and land-use change.