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Promoting cacao production without sacrificing biodiversity -
Pressemitteilung, 30.01.2025
The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the old trees or establishing a new crop elsewhere. Frequently, new plant…
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A look into the dark -
Pressemitteilung, 29.01.2025
How can the latest technology, such as solar cells, be improved? An international research team led by the University of Göttingen is helping to find answers to questions like this with a new …
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Oceanic plate between Arabian and Eurasian continental plates is breaking away -
Pressemitteilung, 28.01.2025
A research team led by Göttingen University investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has be…
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Glimpse of the weather of a world far away -
Pressemitteilung, 21.01.2025
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 speed…
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Hornworts provide clues to plant evolution -
Pressemitteilung, 20.01.2025
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 o…
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The Moon: a chunk ejected from Earth? -
Pressemitteilung, 15.01.2025
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 Eart…
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Tree crops crucial for sustainable development -
Pressemitteilung, 14.01.2025
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 a…
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Exhibition "What the quant?! -
Pressemitteilung, 13.01.2025
“What the quant?!” is the exhibition to celebrate the Quantum Year 2025 in the Forum Wissen, the knowledge museum of the University of Göttingen. The Forum Wissen is dedicating a large special…
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Earthquake sensors measure world's longest seabed sediment flows -
Pressemitteilung, 08.01.2025
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. Th…
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Prospects for milk production: More protein and a healthier environment through grass feeding -
Pressemitteilung, 19.12.2024
How can milk production be made more sustainable? And how does feeding concentrates influence sustainability? Researchers at the University of Göttingen and the Kassel Institute for Rural Deve…
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Pollinators, pollen and varieties determine fruit quality -
Pressemitteilung, 18.12.2024
Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which the identity of pollinators, pollen and crop varieties influ…
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Lifesaver for wild bees: the importance of quarries -
Pressemitteilung, 04.12.2024
A research team at Göttingen University, Germany’s Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) in Rhede, and the Thünen Institute in Braunschweig has investigated the importance of limes…
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Using AI to understand brain function -
Pressemitteilung, 03.12.2024
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator Grant to the computer scientist and neuroscientist Professor Fabian Sinz. The project “Vision2Action: A data-driven computational…
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Honour for computer scientist at Göttingen University -
Pressemitteilung, 30.11.2024
Xiaoming Fu, Professor of Computer Science at Göttingen University, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). This honour recognizes Professor Fu'…
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Are trees exchanging carbon via a wood wide web? -
Pressemitteilung, 28.11.2024
The idea of trees "talking" to one another through underground fungal networks – the so-called "wood wide web" – has captured the imagination of the public. This concept, where trees supposedl…
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