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Clever orchard design for more nuts -
Pressemitteilung, 17.02.2023
To reduce biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes, more sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural practices are needed. Researchers from the Universities of Göttingen, Hohenhe…
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Strengthening ecology and conservation in the Global South -
Pressemitteilung, 10.02.2023
The tropics hold most of the planet’s biodiversity. In order to preserve this fragile and valuable asset, many groups need to get involved and be well informed. However, tropical ecology and c…
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Extensive global wetlands loss over past 300 years -
Pressemitteilung, 08.02.2023
The drainage of natural wetlands has been useful for farming, forestry and peat extraction, but has also had a major impact on greenhouse gas emissions, flood control, nutrient loss and biodiv…
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Academic field for the future: "Matter to Life” -
Pressemitteilung, 03.02.2023
Göttingen and Heidelberg Universities will in future offer a joint Master's degree in the interdisciplinary pro-gramme "Matter to Life". Göttingen University President Professor Metin Tolan an…
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Tree rows in modern agriculture reduce damage to environment -
Pressemitteilung, 02.02.2023
"Alley cropping” is the agricultural practice of planting rows – or alleys – of trees in fields of crops. According to a new study by an international, multidisciplinary research team led by t…
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Local cacao varieties promise high biodiversity and fine flavours -
Pressemitteilung, 01.02.2023
In the western Amazon region, cacao has been cultivated since prehistoric times and the area is a valuable resource for genetic diversity of cacao plants. There is growing interest in switchin…
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Senate confirms Vice-Presidents of the University of Göttingen -
Pressemitteilung, 26.01.2023
The Senate of the University of Göttingen has elected Professor Anke Holler and Professor Bernhard Brümmer as Vice-Presidents of the University for a further term of office, posts to be held a…
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Colour images from the shadow of a sample -
Pressemitteilung, 23.01.2023
A research team at Göttingen University has developed a new method to produce X-ray images in colour. In the past, the only way to determine the chemical composition of a sample and the positi…
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Central switchboard thalamus -
Pressemitteilung, 20.01.2023
How do deeper areas of the brain control the dynamics in the cerebral cortex? This question is the focus of a new research network coordinated by the Allen Institute in Seattle. A sub-project …
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Mixture of crops provide ecological benefits for agricultural landscapes -
Pressemitteilung, 17.01.2023
There are often too few flowering plants in agricultural landscapes, which is one reason for the decline of pollinating insects. Researchers at the University of Göttingen have now investigate…
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Award for maths research -
Pressemitteilung, 10.01.2023
Mathematician and data scientist Dr Gilles Mordant at the University of Göttingen has received the annual science prize from Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. The pri…
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Award for services to basic research and the Göttingen Campus -
Pressemitteilung, 23.12.2022
The physicist Professor Stefan Hell has been awarded the "In Publica Commoda" medal by Göttingen University. This recognises his services to basic research in Göttingen and his work in develop…
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Deutschlandstipendium: 206 scholarships awarded -
Pressemitteilung, 20.12.2022
The University of Göttingen has raised funds for 206 Deutschlandstipendiums (Germany’s scholarship for students) to run from October 2022 to September 2023. As in the previous year, this puts …
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Sedimentary rock "chert" records cooling of the Earth over billions of years -
Pressemitteilung, 19.12.2022
Several billion years ago, the oceans were probably not as hot as often assumed, but were instead at much more moderate temperatures. This is the conclusion of a research team from Göttingen U…
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Risk of population disruption as a result of decarbonisation -
Pressemitteilung, 15.12.2022
Research with participation of Göttingen University analysed the effects of decarbonisation strategies by linking global resource inventories with demographic systems to generate a matrix show…
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