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Fairy circles: plant water stress causes Namibia's gaps in grass -
Pressemitteilung, 19.03.2024
Namibia's legendary fairy circles are mysterious, circular, bald patches in the dry grasslands on the edge of the Namib Desert. Their formation has been researched for decades and has recently…
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Human remains from Palau return home -
Pressemitteilung, 11.03.2024
In a formal ceremony on Monday 25 March, the University of Göttingen will hand over the ancestral human remains to Palau. Human remains from Palau that are currently still in the State Ethnogr…
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First heat map for individual red blood cells -
Pressemitteilung, 02.03.2024
Entropy is often associated with disorder, but in biology it is related to energy efficiency and is closely linked to metabolism, the set of chemical reactions that sustain life. An internatio…
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Exhibition “Unpacking Colonialism – Discussing human remains in German collections” -
Pressemitteilung, 26.02.2024
There are two Göttingen University collections that contain a large number of human remains which were taken from areas that were former colonies of Germany or other countries in Europe. Most …
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High resolution techniques reveal clues in 3.5 billion-year-old biomass -
Pressemitteilung, 21.02.2024
To learn about the first organisms on our planet, researchers have to analyse the rocks of the early Earth. These can only be found in a few places on the Earth. The Pilbara Craton in Western …
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Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity -
Pressemitteilung, 20.02.2024
Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into plantations, drastically changing tropical biodiversity and the way the ecosystem functions. Yet, the current understanding of the conseq…
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Digitalisation in the healthcare system -
Pressemitteilung, 15.02.2024
Digitalisation offers enormous opportunities within the healthcare sector. However, in practice, digital instruments often do not meet the expectations of medical staff, who also need to acqui…
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Why do(n’t) people support being nudged towards healthier diets? -
Pressemitteilung, 14.02.2024
You may not realise it, but “nudge” has been used by businesses, policy-makers and governments for years to prod the public into making different choices. Small changes in our environment can …
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How electron spectroscopy measures exciton “holes” -
Pressemitteilung, 08.02.2024
Semiconductors are ubiquitous in modern technology, working to either enable or prevent the flow of electricity. In order to understand the potential of two-dimensional semiconductors for futu…
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Surprisingly vibrant colour of 12-million-year-old snail shells -
Pressemitteilung, 06.02.2024
Snail shells are often colourful and strikingly patterned due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell. Fossil shells, on the other hand, are usually…
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Early departure from the Excellence Strategy competition -
Pressemitteilung, 02.02.2024
It is an early departure from the Excellence Strategy for Göttingen University and its Göttingen Campus partners: the expert panel of the German Research Foundation and the Wissenschaftsrat di…
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New pieces in the puzzle of first life on Earth -
Pressemitteilung, 24.01.2024
Microorganisms were the first forms of life on our planet. However, it is still not clear when and where life originated on Earth and when a diversity of species developed in these communitie…
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How the coronavirus defends itself against our immune system -
Pressemitteilung, 23.01.2024
Covid-19 was the most devastating pandemic of the 21st century. Vaccines and medications have been able to mitigate the course of the disease and contain the pandemic. However, the danger of f…
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Complex green organisms emerged a billion years ago -
Pressemitteilung, 22.01.2024
Of all the organisms that photosynthesize, land plants have the most complex bodies. How did this morphology emerge? A team of scientists led by the University of Göttingen has taken a deep di…
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Shock to stop: How to communicate the dangers of sugar? -
Pressemitteilung, 04.01.2024
Society seems addicted to sugar, but individuals who consume large quantities increase their risk of health problems. Can warning labels on sweets curb consumption? Researchers at Göttingen Un…
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