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New perspectives for using corals in climate research -
Pressemitteilung, 01.08.2024
Measuring temperatures from Earth’s past is important for understanding the development of its climate. Ancient ocean temperatures are most commonly reconstructed by analysing the ratio of dif…
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"Laser view" into the avocado: new method reveals cell interior -
Pressemitteilung, 31.07.2024
Checking whether an avocado is hard or soft by looking at it? This would require recognizing how the plant cells behave behind the skin. The same applies to all other cells on our planet: Desp…
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Natural born consumers -
Pressemitteilung, 30.07.2024
What if the ‘Market Economy’ always existed? Archaeologists from the Universities of Göttingen in Germany and Salento in Italy tried to answer this question by researching how much Bronze Age …
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Cheese of the future: Consumers open to animal-free alternatives -
Pressemitteilung, 22.07.2024
Production of dairy products without the use of cows: In so-called precision fermentation, egg and milk proteins are produced with the help of bacteria, yeasts or other fungi. This results in …
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Deeper down the rabbit hole -
Pressemitteilung, 18.07.2024
As technology proliferates, misinformation and conspiracy theories seem to flourish. Conspiracy beliefs specifically about technology include popular commercial technologies, such as Amazon Ec…
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Enormous diversity from evolutionary explosion of flowering plants -
Pressemitteilung, 28.06.2024
An international study involving researchers from the University of Göttingen investigated the evolution of flowering plants using advanced DNA sequencing technology. The researchers discovere…
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How cells boost gene expression -
Pressemitteilung, 20.06.2024
The function of non-coding RNA in the cell has long been a mystery to researchers. Unlike coding RNA, non-coding RNA does not produce proteins – yet it exists in large quantities. A research t…
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The analysis of the universe -
Pressemitteilung, 06.06.2024
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has signed an agreement with an international consortium of institutions to develop and build ANDES, the ArmazoNes High Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph.…
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Visiting flowers and transporting pollen in fragmented landscapes -
Pressemitteilung, 29.05.2024
Traditionally, interactions between plants and their pollinators are analysed on the basis of visits to flowers. A research team led by the University of Göttingen studied wild bees on chalk g…
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Regional differences in bird diversity in agroforestry systems -
Pressemitteilung, 17.05.2024
The diversity and ecological functionality of bird communities in tropical agroforestry systems are shaped by the surrounding landscape. An international research team led by Göttingen Univers…
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Tropical forest resilience to seasonal drought linked to nutrient availability -
Pressemitteilung, 17.05.2024
Tropical forests are highly productive ecosystems accounting for nearly half of the global forest carbon sink. If tropical forests can no longer remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the …
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Evolutionary genomics: consequences of biodiverse reproductive systems -
Pressemitteilung, 10.05.2024
A new Research Training Group (RTG) in Biology at the University of Göttingen has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The RTG, entitled "Evolutionary Genomics: Consequences o…
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Top marks in the students' opinion -
Pressemitteilung, 03.05.2024
In the current university ranking of the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE), the University of Göttingen achieved almost consistently good to very good ratings from students in the …
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Genomes of “star algae” shed light on origin of plants -
Pressemitteilung, 02.05.2024
Land plants cover the surface of our planet and often tower over us. Developing their morphological complexity is underpinned by intricate networks of genes. Among those algae most closely rel…
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Top scores for academic subjects at Göttingen University -
Pressemitteilung, 17.04.2024
Good results for the University of Göttingen: in the most recent subject ranking "QS World University Rankings by Subject", Göttingen’s Agriculture and Forestry is ranked first in Germany and …
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