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Funding for training and research in biological complexity -
Pressemitteilung, 12.09.2025
Complex biological systems are more than the sum of their parts – their properties emerge from the dynamic interaction of their components, such as molecules or cells. PhD researchers now have…
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Ancient rocks reveal critical metal origin and continent-breaking forces -
Pressemitteilung, 11.09.2025
Rare rocks buried deep beneath central Australia have revealed the origins of one of the world’s most promising new deposits of niobium – a metal vital for producing high-strength steel and cl…
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Gauss Professorship for US biometeorologist -
Pressemitteilung, 10.09.2025
Professor Dennis Baldocchi from the University of California in Berkeley has been awarded a Gauss Professorship by the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Over the next two months, h…
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Discovery unlocks potential of “miracle material” for future electronics -
Pressemitteilung, 05.09.2025
Graphene is an extraordinary material – a sheet of interlocking carbon atoms just one atom thick that is stable and extremely conductive. This makes it useful in a range of areas, such as flex…
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International awards for researchers at the Göttingen Campus -
Pressemitteilung, 04.09.2025
Two researchers at the Göttingen Campus have been awarded ERC Starting Grants by the European Research Council (ERC). Ecologist Dr Anggi Hapsari from the University of Göttingen receives fundi…
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Making robots fit for the future of recycling -
Pressemitteilung, 03.09.2025
Recycling textiles, cables and other “soft” materials has always been a complex procedure and recycling materials like this pose a real challenge for robots because they are flexible, fiddly a…
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Göttingen University in Germany’s top 11 -
Pressemitteilung, 02.09.2025
The University of Göttingen has achieved a good position in the Shanghai Ranking again. In the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2025, it falls in the category of sixth to eleventh…
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25 years of international Molecular Biology and Neurosciences -
Pressemitteilung, 01.09.2025
Göttingen University and the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences celebrate 25 years of their internationally renowned Master’s and PhD programmes, and their two International M…
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Dinosaur teeth give glimpse of early Earth’s climate -
Pressemitteilung, 05.08.2025
A previously untapped source of data sheds new light on the climate of the early Earth: fossilized dinosaur teeth show that the atmosphere during the Mesozoic era, between 252 and 66 million y…
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Cosmic dust opens window on ancient atmosphere -
Pressemitteilung, 25.07.2025
Since the beginning of Earth's history, tiny particles of rock and metal from space have been hitting our planet. On clear nights, we can even see their traces as shooting stars. Trapped in la…
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More than just larks and owls! -
Pressemitteilung, 18.07.2025
Everyone knows that if you want to enjoy the full experience of birdsong, or carry out scientific research on bird species, you have to get up very early in the morning. Until now however, det…
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Three ERC Proof of Concept grants awarded to Göttingen University -
Pressemitteilung, 14.07.2025
University of Göttingen Professors – Lutz Ackermann, Timo Betz and Jörg Enderlein – have each been awarded Proof of Concept (PoC) grants by the European Research Council (ERC). These grants pr…
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Unlocking the hidden biodiversity of Europe’s villages -
Pressemitteilung, 10.07.2025
Despite the long history of European villages, their biodiversity is not well understood compared to urban areas, forests, grasslands, or farmland. An international research team studied how l…
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Exploring the dynamics of change in urban and rural spaces -
Pressemitteilung, 02.07.2025
Global urbanization is one of the major challenges of our time. A new interdisciplinary Research Unit based at the Universities of Kassel and Göttingen investigates the diverse phenomena that …
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Like magic! How our world organizes itself -
Pressemitteilung, 02.07.2025
The title of the new interactive special exhibition at the knowledge museum of the University of Göttingen is “Like magic! How our world organizes itself”. It covers topics as diverse as the p…
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