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Opposite pathways in forest recovery -
Pressemitteilung, 17.05.2019
Tropical forests are being deforested at an alarming rate to make way for agriculture and pastureland; the good news is that they can regrow naturally when the fields are abandoned. An interna…
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Does using game elements in apps pay off? -
Pressemitteilung, 14.05.2019
Should companies add game elements to their apps? A team of researchers at the University of Göttingen has explored this question in a study published in the Journal of Business Research. Thei…
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Producing food whilst preserving biodiversity -
Pressemitteilung, 14.05.2019
In nature conservation and agriculture, there are two opposing views of how to combine high biodiversity and sustainable food production: nature conservation should either be integrated into a…
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Wild red deer contribute to the preservation of open landscapes -
Pressemitteilung, 09.05.2019
Similar to farm animals such as cattle or sheep, wild red deer grazing in open landscapes can also contribute to the conservation of protected habitats. This was demonstrated by a research tea…
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Conference on German-Chinese Cooperation -
Pressemitteilung, 03.05.2019
Cooperation between German and Chinese universities is the focus of an international conference on 10 and 11 May 2019 at the University of Göttingen. The 11th Sino-German Professors' Forum at …
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Astronomers discover 2,000-year-old remnant of a nova -
Pressemitteilung, 29.04.2019
For the first time, a European research team involving the University of Göttingen has discovered the re-mains of a nova in a galactic globular cluster. A nova is an explosion of hydrogen on t…
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How best to restore nature: researchers call to rethink rewilding -
Pressemitteilung, 26.04.2019
Regardless of whether the landscape is made up of individual floodplains or entire national parks, the success of rewilding projects does not just depend on whether individual plant or animal …
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"EU trade with Brazil promotes climate change and violates human rights" -
Pressemitteilung, 25.04.2019
More than 600 scientists, from every country in the EU, and 300 Brazilian indigenous groups have joined forces to highlight the destruction of the environment and human rights violations promo…
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Plant diversity increases insect diversity -
Pressemitteilung, 09.04.2019
The more plant species live in grasslands and forests, the more insect species find a habitat there. However, the presence of more plant species does not only increase insect species richness,…
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New Plant Breeding Technologies for Food Security -
Pressemitteilung, 29.03.2019
An international team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, argues in a perspective article recently published in “Science” that new plant breeding technologies can contribu…
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What "Big Data" reveals about the diversity of species -
Pressemitteilung, 28.03.2019
"Big data" and large-scale analyses are critical for biodiversity research to find out how animal and plant species are distributed worldwide and how ecosystems function. The necessary data ma…
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Race at the edge of the Sun: ions are faster than atoms -
Pressemitteilung, 22.03.2019
Ions move faster than atoms in the gas streams of a solar prominence. Scientists at the University of Göttingen, the Institut d'Astrophysique in Paris and the Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno …
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How the “good feeling” can influence the purchase of sustainable chocolate -
Pressemitteilung, 21.03.2019
More and more products carry ethical labels such as fair-trade or organic, which consumers usually view positively. A team of scientists from the University of Göttingen has investigated to wh…
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Tasty sausage without painful castration procedure for male piglets -
Pressemitteilung, 13.03.2019
Processing meat of male pigs that haven’t been castrated is challenging, as the animals‘ fat tissue can develop specific odours. In a joint research project, scientists from the University of …
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How one small village in Germany reinvented itself to ensure its survival -
Pressemitteilung, 04.03.2019
How can communities living together in rural areas be developed to ensure that they continue to exist and thrive? Much emphasis has been placed on innovation within urban areas. However, new r…
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