The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 28,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.
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Proposal for interim President – special Senate meeting on 5 February 2025
Following the Senate meeting on 22 November 2024, a working group had been working on a timely answer to the question of who should lead the University until the regular election of a new President. This week, the working group agreed on Professor Axel Schölmerich as interim President of the University of Göttingen.
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Glimpse of the weather of a world far away
An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has discovered extremely strong winds on the exoplanet “WASP-127b”. The winds along the equator of this planet can reach speeds of up to 33,000 kilometres per hour. These results help better understand the atmosphere of planets outside our solar system. The research was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
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Hornworts provide clues to plant evolution
Land plants are extremely diverse: over 400,000 species reaching every corner of the world. Certain plants - such as the towering trees or the crops in our fields - are the ones that capture our attention. Yet, it is tiny plants, such as the humble hornwort, that can hold clues about plant evolution and diversity. Now, an international team has generated a unique dataset resource about the hornwort which provides new insights into plants’ early evolution, characteristics and continuing development.
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The Moon: a chunk ejected from Earth?
A research team from Göttingen University and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the Moon and water on Earth. The prevailing theory was that the Moon was the result of a collision between the early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the Moon formed from material ejected from the Earth's mantle with little contribution from Theia. In addition, the findings support the idea that water could have reached the Earth early in its development and may not have been added by late impacts.
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Tree crops crucial for sustainable development
Tree crops – such as apple, olives, cherry and coffee – cover more than 183 million hectares worldwide, yet remain largely overlooked in agricultural policies, despite their critical role in achieving sustainability. An international research team, including Göttingen University, highlight how these crops are not only essential to feed the world and for global economies, but also hold immense potential for protecting biodiversity and the climate, as well as improving livelihoods for millions of people worldwide.
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Earthquake sensors measure world's longest seabed sediment flows
How do large mud and sand currents influence the deep-sea habitat? And how can they be better understood? An international research team including Göttingen University investigated further. They analysed seabed activity by repurposing instruments that are usually used to study earthquakes. The researchers used a new approach which enabled them to record two massive sediment avalanches off the west coast of Africa.
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