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Pesticide application in vineyards. Photo: Carsten A. Brühl

21. January 2025

Not only during application times: pesticide mixtures are present in soil and plants all year round

In conventional agriculture, synthetic chemical pesticides are used in various crops such as arable farming, vegetable growing and viticulture. A study by the RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau,…

15. October 2024

Study: Targeting bacteria – phages and their reprogramming strategy

Viruses that infect bacteria—known as bacteriophages – could be used in a targeted manner to combat bacterial diseases. They also play an important ecological role in the global biogeochemical cycles.…

05. September 2024

Understanding the link between synthesis, transport, and function of proteins: Million-Euro funding for RPTU researcher

Proteins are the building materials and machines in the cells of organisms such as humans, animals, plants, and fungi. To organize them, specialized production and transport processes take place…

Agriculture of the future: study shows enormous potential of permaculture

RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau has shown for the first time, in a joint study with BOKU University, that permaculture indeed brings about a significant improvement in biodiversity, soil…

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people are marginalized more often than heterosexual people. AI-generated image.

Sexual minorities experience more exclusion in everyday situations

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people experience exclusion more frequently than heterosexual people. This is the result of a recent study by researchers from the University of Basel and the RPTU University…

The research team led by Prof. Sergiy Antonyuk and Prof. Heidrun Steinmetz is working on process engineering principles to extract phosphorus and other raw materials from wastewater streams and sewage sludge. Credit: RPTU, Koziel

Achema 2024: Recovering essential raw materials from wastewater and bringing them back into the value chain

The consumption of natural resources by modern industrial societies is leading to a shortage of essential raw materials. This includes phosphorus, for which there are hardly any geogenic sources in…

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