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Swallows are considered indicator animals - their population reveals how insects and habitats are doing. A new European network also wants to systematically record birds in the future. © pixabay/Ted Erski

When sensors listen to birds chirping

Europe has hundreds of programs to observe nature, but the data does not fit together. Researchers from iDiv Leipzig and the University of Halle want to change that: With a Europe-wide roadmap that combines satellites, DNA analyses and citizen observations. They want to finally know how our nature is really doing.

Tiny components, big problem: toxic PFAS chemicals have been used in the production of chips up to now. Chemnitz researchers want to change that. © AI-generated with ChatGPT

The chip of the future is free of toxins

Perpetual chemicals, PFAS for short, can be found in raincoats, pans and every chip. Researchers at Fraunhofer ENAS in Chemnitz are working with European partners to ban these toxic substances from chip production. Their new process could make the semiconductor industry cleaner, more energy-efficient and healthier.

The Free State of Saxony keeps inheriting garages. (Archive image) / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

From GDR hit to legacy - the state as heir

What happens to houses, gardens or even the rights to a GDR hit when there are no known heirs? Then the Free State of Saxony becomes the heir - and sometimes has to hand over estates again.

Elias Saad (Hannover 96) (l-r), Niklas Hauptmann (Dynamo Dresden) and Jonas Sterner (Dynamo Dresden) fight for the ball / Photo: David Inderlied/dpa

Dynamo fight for a point: 0:0 in Hanover

A win for Dresden at the promotion candidates would have meant another big jump in the table. But it didn't come to that. Ultimately, the Saxons must be happy with the one point.

Verena Leister's main course: The classic Filet Wellington - with tarragon emulsion, parsnip puree and red wine jus (Image: Ulrich van Stipriaan)

Verena Leister: Something memorable in every course

Verena Leister has opened the Foodlab in Dresden with her husband Philipp. At the dinner table, she serves a memorable menu ranging from creative spoon greetings, oysters and potato pralines to the classic Filet Wellington with a sophisticated wine accompaniment.

Counterfeit medicines: Saxony state directorate and customs stop 44 deliveries. (Symbolic image) / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

Saxony stops 44 deliveries of counterfeit food

Potency medication in honey and drinking chocolate: In Saxony, 44 deliveries of foodstuffs illegally laced with active pharmaceutical ingredients were stopped. What are the risks for consumers?