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Dialogue with China: how the idea of a world order evolved -
Pressemitteilung, 06.11.2020
The University of Göttingen is part of the new research network "World-making from Global Perspectives: A Dialogue with China". Professor Dominic Sachsenmaier, Director of the Department for E…
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United in Diversity -
Pressemitteilung, 04.11.2020
"United in Diversity: A Europe of Sustainability - Challenges and Perspectives" on 19 and 20 November 2020, there will be a conference to help address major societal challenges and contribute …
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University of Göttingen student numbers hardly changed -
Pressemitteilung, 02.11.2020
At the start of the 2020/2021 winter semester, 4,800 new students have so far enrolled at the University of Göttingen: 3,300 of them registering for their first ever semester at a German unive…
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From nitrate crisis to phosphate crisis? -
Pressemitteilung, 02.11.2020
The aim of the EU Nitrates Directive is to reduce nitrates leaking into the environment and prevent pollution of water supplies. The widely accepted view is that this will help protect threate…
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Here we go again! Physics Experiments in Advent -
Pressemitteilung, 02.11.2020
Physics in Advent is back for 2020! Wherever you are in the world, Ms. and Mr. Santa come to you in a coronavirus-compliant manner via video to bring you 24 fun-filled, physics experiments doa…
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Beetle larvae think with a brain ‘under construction’ -
Pressemitteilung, 29.10.2020
In the human brain, hundreds of billions of nerve cells are interconnected in the most complicated way, and only when these interconnections are correctly made, can the brain function properly…
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Virtual Alumni Day – back on the campus for two hours -
Pressemitteilung, 27.10.2020
Reunions with old acquaintances and companions: the University of Göttingen and Alumni Göttingen e.V. invite alumni of the University to this year's virtual Alumni Day on Wednesday 4 November …
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Vanilla cultivation under trees promotes pest regulation -
Pressemitteilung, 21.10.2020
The cultivation of vanilla in Madagascar provides a good income for small-holder farmers, but without trees and bushes the plantations can lack biodiversity. Agricultural ecologists investigat…
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High social and ecological standards for chocolate -
Pressemitteilung, 19.10.2020
Worldwide demand for food from the tropics that meets higher environmental and social standards has risen sharply in recent years. Consumers often have to make ethically questionable decisions…
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Māori ancestors return home -
Pressemitteilung, 16.10.2020
In 1834, the University of Göttingen received, via the then reigning royal house of the United Kingdom, two Toi moko (preserved Māori tattooed heads) originally from New Zealand. These Toi Mok…
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Plant genetic engineering to fight ‘hidden hunger’ -
Pressemitteilung, 15.10.2020
More than two billion people worldwide suffer from micronutrient malnutrition due to deficiencies in minerals and vitamins. Poor people in developing countries are most affected, as their diet…
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More diversity needed in oil palm plantations -
Pressemitteilung, 14.10.2020
The growing global demand for palm oil has led to a rapid spread of oil palm monoculture plantations in South East Asia. Often associated with the loss of natural habitat and biodiversity, oil…
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Safely on the way to effective tumour cell killing -
Pressemitteilung, 13.10.2020
Chemists at the University of Göttingen have developed new cytotoxic drugs which could revolutionise antibody-based tumour therapy approaches. The research team succeeded in modifying the natu…
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Can organic plant protection products damage crops? -
Pressemitteilung, 30.09.2020
Protecting crops against pests and diseases is essential to ensure a secure food supply. Around 95 percent of food comes from conventional agriculture, which uses chemical pesticides to keep c…
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Hand pollination, not agrochemicals, increases cocoa yield and farmer income -
Pressemitteilung, 28.09.2020
Cocoa is in great demand on the world market, but there are many different ways to increase production. A research team from the University of Göttingen has now investigated the relative impor…
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