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Delaying cherry blossom to reduce frost damage
Climate change is causing many fruit trees to flower earlier, increasing their exposure to damaging late spring frosts. A study led by the University of Göttingen shows that the plant growth regulator ethephon can delay flowering in Kordia – a variety of sweet cherry – potentially protecting blossoms and developing fruitlets from frost. The results were published in BMC Plant Biology. more…
Wildflower strips versus organic farming
What makes more sense when farming wheat – strips of wildflowers along fields or organic farming? Both options provide financial support via the European Union as environmentally friendly and sustainable farming practices. An international research team compared the ecological and economic benefits of these two farming methods in fields planted with winter wheat. They analysed profits and yields and the results were published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. more…
International awards for researchers at Göttingen Campus
Three researchers at the Göttingen Campus have been awarded ERC Starting Grants by the European Research Council (ERC): Dr Sophie de Vries, evolutionary biologist at Göttingen University, Dr Tristan Stöber, computational neuroscientist at Göttingen University and Professor Elisa Oberbeckmann at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG). Projects run for five years and are worth around 1.5 million euros each. more…
Decades-old museum specimens reveal ten extraordinary new worms
An international team has reconstructed the evolutionary history of branching marine worms – rare annelids that live hidden inside sea sponges and whose bodies branch repeatedly into multiple posterior ends. Until now, only three species of branching worms have been identified. By combining DNA sequencing of museum specimens with newly collected specimens and detailed anatomical analyses, the researchers discovered ten new species. more…
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University of Göttingen among the top 11 in Germany
The University of Göttingen has once again achieved a strong position in the Shanghai Ranking. In the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2026, it is listed in 6th to 11th place in Germany, alongside the universities of Frankfurt, Münster, Cologne, Tübingen and the Technical University of Dresden. Globally, it made it into the top 200. Data from more than 2,500 universities worldwide is analysed annually for the ranking. more…
AI research for more precise particle-physics simulations
The University of Göttingen has been awarded around 1.8 million euros for a new AI research group in the programme “KI-Forschungsgruppen Niedersachsen” funded by zukunft.niedersachsen. The five-year project “Production-ready AI for unbiased simulation in high energy physics” will be led by Dr Timo Janßen at the Institute for Theoretical Physics. more…