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Clues to detecting life on Mars
The search beyond Earth for traces of life is one of the key challenges facing modern planetary science. An international research team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, has investigated what kind of clues might be left behind on the Red Planet by microscopic organisms – and demonstrated just how difficult it is to reach a clear interpretation of these. The results were published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin. more…
Göttingen University secures Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship
Göttingen University welcomes Professor Richard I. Anderson! The University has a Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship to fund the appointment of the renowned astrophysicist to the Chair in Observational Cosmology. The funding is around two million euros over the next five years. Anderson will establish an innovative research programme working at the interface between stellar astrophysics and observational cosmology. more…
Gauss Year 2027: we want your ideas!
Even today, Carl Friedrich Gauss is seen as one of the most important scientists of all time. 30 April 2027 will be the 250th anniversary of his birth, and the cities of Göttingen and Braunschweig are gearing up to bring together the past and future by celebrating the Gauss Year 2027. Everyone interested – whether from the worlds of culture, sport, voluntary organisa-tions or business – is invited to help shape the Gauss Year 2027! more…
Drawing the line: virtual versus physical fences
Virtual fences could make managing grazing livestock on farms more flexible and more efficient whilst im-proving animal welfare. A new study by the University of Göttingen shows that virtual fences trigger similar behaviour in cattle, in terms of how they move around in the field, to conventional electric fences. This find-ing clearly puts the concerns, which are commonly expressed about animal welfare, into perspective. The results were published in the journal Animal. more…
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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…
Text+: Research Data Infrastructure for Text- and Language-Based Research Enters Next Phase
The Joint Science Conference (GWK) has approved approximately €6 million in funding for the Text+ research data infrastructure for a further two years. The Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen), which participated as a co-applicant institution during the first funding phase, will now serve as the applicant institution on behalf of the University of Göttingen, assuming responsibility for the financial, organisational, and strategic development of the initiative. more…