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How will the population accept COVID-19 tracing apps? -
Pressemitteilung, 28.07.2020
Coronavirus tracing applications for the detection of infection chains are currently being developed and made available across the world. Such contact-tracing apps are a central component of n…
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Changes in farming urgent to rescue biodiversity -
Pressemitteilung, 20.07.2020
Humans depend on farming for their very survival but this activity takes up more than one third of the world’s landmass and endangers 62% of all threatened species globally. However, agricultu…
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A chemical tailor-made suit for Alzheimer’s drugs -
Pressemitteilung, 17.07.2020
With over 1.2 million people affected in Germany alone and over 50 million people worldwide, Alzheimer's disease is one of the greatest medical and social challenges of our time. Due to pathol…
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Land reform in Colombia following 2016 Peace Accord -
Pressemitteilung, 15.07.2020
Colombian legal scientist Dr Natalia Ruíz Morato has started her research as an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Agricultural Law at the University of Göttingen.…
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Mystery about cause of genetic disease in horses -
Pressemitteilung, 14.07.2020
Warmblood fragile foal syndrome is a severe, usually fatal, genetic disease that manifests itself after birth in affected horses. Due to the defect, the connective tissue is unstable. A resear…
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University Network ENLIGHT to become “European University” -
Pressemitteilung, 09.07.2020
The university network ENLIGHT is to become a European University. The EU will fund the network of nine research-intensive universities, among them the University of Göttingen, with five milli…
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Rock ‘n’ Control -
Pressemitteilung, 08.07.2020
The goal of “Femtochemistry” is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light. Using consecutive laser pulses, atomic bonds can be excited precisely and broken as desired.…
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Wild bees depend on the landscape structure -
Pressemitteilung, 30.06.2020
Sowing strips of wildflowers along conventional cereal fields and the increased density of flowers in organic farming encourage bumblebees as well as solitary wild bees and hoverflies. Bumbleb…
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Feeds of the Future -
Pressemitteilung, 29.06.2020
Worldwide there is a growing demand for animal products for human nutrition, despite vegan and vegetarian diets becoming more popular in Western countries. Changing diets necessitate a substan…
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Super-Earths discovered orbiting nearby red dwarf -
Pressemitteilung, 25.06.2020
The nearest exoplanets to us provide the best opportunities for detailed study, including searching for evidence of life outside the Solar System. In research led by the University of Göttinge…
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How much forest does biodiversity need in cultivated landscapes? -
Pressemitteilung, 16.06.2020
Forests, especially in the tropics, are home to the world's greatest biodiversity, but are threatened by increasing land use. An international research team with participation of the Universit…
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Coffee, cocoa and vanilla: an opportunity for more trees in tropical agricultural landscapes -
Pressemitteilung, 15.06.2020
The cultivation of coffee, cocoa and vanilla secures the income of many small-holder farmers in tropical countries. In particular, cultivation in agroforestry systems is often considered to ha…
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Protecting scientific diversity -
Pressemitteilung, 11.06.2020
In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are facing great challenges because they have to reorient, interrupt or even cancel research and teaching. A team of international scientists…
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‘Whispering gallery’ effect controls electron beams with light -
Pressemitteilung, 04.06.2020
When you speak softly in one of the galleries of St Paul’s cathedral, the sound runs so easily around the dome that visitors anywhere on its circumference can hear it. This striking phenomenon…
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Executive contracts with clawback provisions – a trend with downsides -
Pressemitteilung, 26.05.2020
The financial crisis has caused discussions on the appropriateness of executive compensation. As a result, there have been initiatives in many countries to insert “clawback provisions” into ex…
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